Italian Economy Minister Pier Carlo
Padoan said Friday that "there is space to consider improvements
in the pension system".
Speaking to Radio Anch'io, he stressed, however, that
Italy's pension system was "among the most sustainable and solid
in Europe".
Earlier this week Premier Matteo Renzi announced that the
government will introduce a new programme, APE, in the 2017
budget law to give options for people who are close to
retirement age to be able quit work, if they accept a lower
monthly pension.
There have been repeated calls from trade unions and
pensions and social security agency INPS to make the system more
flexibility and help people penalised by recent increases on the
retirement age.
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