Vienna – The President of the President of the Industrial Association (IV) Georg Knill After an increase in the age of retirement to 70, heated the minds on Thursday. Criticism came from the SPÖ-related pensioner association (PVÖ), the union and the freedom. “Anyone who is now shouting after an increase in the statutory retirement age does pure polemics and creates uncertainty,” found the interim PVÖ President Helmut Bieler, for example.