Editorial: El Mundo

• The government is determined to increase pensions, exacerbating the unsustainability of the pension system.
• Pensions will rise by 2.8% in 2025, reaching a maximum pension of 3,267 euros.
• This increase will impact a solidarity quota for higher-income workers to finance the retirement of the 'baby boom' generation.
• In addition, the Intergenerational Equity Mechanism, an overcharge on all wages since 2023, is introduced.
• These measures are considered irresponsible as they do not guarantee new income, either through immigration or the promotion of quality employment.
• The pension rise is due to a reform promoted by former Minister José Luis Escrivá.
• The government has chosen to postpone the general interest and face the necessary structural changes that would guarantee the future of pensions.

Conclusion: The government is favoring an unsustainable increase in pensions that increases barriers to employment and deepens intergenerational insolidarity.

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