Requisiti anagrafici di accesso alle pensioni differenziati tra pilastro pubblico e privato per riformare il welfare system rispettando le scelte individuali

Fabio Pammolli - Nicola Salerno - Fondazione Cerm

 

La Commissione Europea, nell’analisi dell’aggiornamento 2009 del Programma di Stabilità dell’Italia, ha recentemente ricordato che: “[…] In sum, the long-term budgetary impact of ageing in Italy is lower than the EU average, with pension expenditure showing a more limited increase than on average in the EU, thanks to the pension reforms adopted. Yet, pension expenditure as a share of GDP remains among the highest in the EU and the projections hinge upon the assumption that the adopted reforms are fully implemented, in particular that revised actuarial coefficients are applied as of 2010 in full consistency with the contributory principle underlying the reformed pension system. […] Additional reform measures could be considered in the area of pensions, notably a further increase in retirement age, in particular for women. The reformed pension system sets different age requirements for men and women to be entitled to a retirement pension – 65 and 60 respectively. A recent decision by the European Court of Justice ruled that the gender difference in retirement age provided for in the Italian public pension scheme is at odds with the EU principle of equal treatment stipulated in Article 141 EC. The Italian government will have to take appropriate measures to adjust its public pension system to EC requirements, and could use this opportunity to harmonize the retirement age for men and women for both the public and the private pension scheme. This would allow reallocating social expenditure so as to put in place a more comprehensive and uniform unemployment benefit system that ensures appropriate work incentives and effective activation policies”....

 

LaPrevidenza.it, 10/08/2009