PM announces €100 million package for pensioners

Prime Minister Robert Golob has announced a €100 million package of measures aiming to support pensioners, including a guaranteed minimum pension of €700 and a Christmas bonus. The promise invited mixed reactions.

Addressing an event called Days of Intergenerational Harmony on 24 May, Golob said the government had wrapped up the process of interdepartmental coordination over four measures this week.

He announced an early pension adjustment of 1.8% in November "to fulfil the promise of having a minimum guaranteed pension of €700 before the end of the year".

Moreover, all...