“For the year 2024, what we broadcast is what can be broadcast at this stage, depending on the uncertainty about the evolution of inflation, the evolution of the consequences of the war [na Ucrânia]who will make the decision about what will happen in 2024, with the certainty that no one will get less [de pensão] in 2024 than what you will receive in December 2023. That is clear to everyone,” said the minister in Faro on the sidelines of the inauguration of a temporary shelter for people in precarious situations.
The minister noted that “No one can at this point in a safe, secure and reliable way anticipate what will happen in 2023 and its evolution, be it inflation or war”.
Recalling that the formula for calculating the pension “was not respected” in years when its application “would not provide updates” in light of very low inflation, where the government had attributed extraordinary increases, Ana Mendes Godinho word of “trust” to the retirees, who are “always a concern and permanent commitment” of the executive.
“What we will do is assess the situation in 2023 to decide what happens in 2024. It is certain, and repeating again what the Prime Minister has already said, that no one will receive less in 2024 than in 2023,” he insisted. . .
With regard to the proposal to update the pensions to be applied in 2023, between 3.5% and 4.43%, depending on the value of the pension, contained in a draft law sent to the Assembly of the Republic, Ana Mendes Godinho stressed that this was the “biggest increase” since joining the euro.
“If we look at history, it is the biggest increase in pensions since we joined the euro. We had a 3.5% increase for the lowest pensions in 2001 and 2002 and since then there has not been an update that even comparable to this figure.” he emphasized.
On Monday, the government presented a package of measures to support incomes due to rising inflation, including the extra payment of half-pension, which will take place in October and a €125 aid to be given to all non-retired people with a gross monthly income of up to €2,700. .
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Source: DN
