EUROPE - The Bureau of the European Parliament has confirmed three measures to shore up the struggling additional voluntary pension scheme for MEPs, following mounting concerns the bill could be passed on to taxpayers.
It has decided to raise the retirement age from 60 to 63; scrap the option allowing MEPs to take out 25% of acquired rights as a lump sum; and end the possibility of taking early retirement at a re...
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