6 bn in 3 yrs for pension measures (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, September 28 - The government is aiming to earmark six billion euros over three years for measures affecting the pension and social security system, Labour Minister Guliano Poletti said Wednesday. Speaking to trade unions at the labour ministry, Poletti said "the government is working to find the maximum support possible". The government presented the unions with a five-page report on talks that have stretched back several months. One of the key measures in next year's budget is slated to be letting workers take pensions three years earlier than they would have to according to a contested 2011 reform, by taking out 20-year bank loans.