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Prague – 37 percent of people agree with the slower growth of pensions since this June, 55 percent are against it and the remaining seven percent do not know. This was shown by a current survey by the agency NMS Market Research. Despite reservations, President Petr Pavel signed the controversial government amendment limiting valorization today. The average monthly pension will thus increase by 760 crowns instead of the expected 1770 crowns.
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Young people in particular spoke in favor of slower pension growth. “In the 18- to 24-year-old age group, 61 percent of respondents agree with the growth promoted by the government. People aged 25 to 34 have a similar opinion,” said research co-author Michael Bouška from the NMS Market Research agency.
Quite the opposite. people over 65 see the situation. Only 18 percent of people agree with the slower growth of pensions in this age group, 79 percent reject it.
According to its authors, the results of the survey show that Czech society is divided on the issue of pensions and there is no agreement on the future solution. Less than half of the respondents think that if pensions were to grow faster than salaries now, it would not be fair to workers. On the contrary, more than half of the people think that the increase in prices is now so great that an increase of 1,770 crowns is necessary. According to 60 percent of people, the current pension system cannot work in the long term.
Survey participants also do not believe that the state will take care of them in their old age. “People's trust in the state pension system is low. Only every tenth person between the ages of 18 and 44 has confidence that the state will take care of them in retirement,” said Bouška. Even the group that is closer to retirement than the youngest generation does not have too much trust in the state – only less than a third of people aged 55 to 64 believe that the state will take care of them in retirement.
The survey will be conducted in March. 1,382 respondents aged 18 and over took part.
Pavel announced on Wednesday that he has decided to sign the amendment, but according to him it is necessary for the Constitutional Court to review it. The ANO movement has already made it clear that it will turn to the court, due to retroactivity and discussions in the state of legislative emergency in the House of Representatives. However, the President also proved the government right – he agrees with its argument that slowing the growth of pensions is necessary under the current situation.
