The first plenary session of the year in Congress, which will begin on Wednesday, is becoming complicated at times for the Government. Yeah together For days now he has been threatening to overthrow the three decrees of the Executive of Pedro Sanchez that will be put to the vote, this Sunday has been We can who has warned that their votes are not guaranteed for the decree that seeks to reform unemployment benefit.
The formation led by Ione Belarra is considering rejecting this decree if the Government does not eliminate the progressive reduction of the contribution base of pensions for those over 52 years of age who receive this benefit. The purple party considers that this reduction implies a cut in the future retirement pensions of those over 52 years of age, for which it calls on the Executive to eliminate that precept.
According to sources from the purple formation cited by the Efe AgencyPodemos is considering its vote against if the “strong cut” is maintained because it would mean that a 52-year-old worker who had received the average salary during his professional career, had 22 years of contributions and received the subsidy until his retirement, would see his salary reduced. pension at 162 euros per month (2,268 euros per year).
Podemos has already transmitted to the Executive its rejection of this cut, which appears in the third transitional provision of the decree and about which unions and pensioner groups such as Coespe have already warned. In his opinion, it is “unacceptable” that a particularly vulnerable group sees reduced your future pensions covertly, and reiterates its commitment to the public pension system and to the purchasing power of pensioners.
The reform, which will be submitted on Wednesday to the validation of the Congress, It plans to raise the unemployment benefit from 480 euros to 570 euros in the first six months and to 540 euros for the next six and make it compatible with work during the first 180 days.
More problems
Podemos’s position The situation of the Government still complicates, which also does not have the guaranteed votes of Junts. If the PSOE fails to convince either the post-convergents or the purple ones, it will take his first significant defeat of the legislature and will feed the position that those who, like the PP, consider that Sánchez has too precarious stability to face a four-year mandate.
This notice of We can It is also the way to set a profile for Sumar after the breakup of the parliamentary group. The formation of Belarra It is known to be decisive for the parliamentary stability of the Sánchez Government and, with the threat of overturning this decree, it is issuing a first warning to its former partners.