It is twice the European average. One of the main reasons is health, but who “reaches 40 years of discounts, tends to ask for reform.” And in Portugal it started working very early.
In Portugal, 38.3% of the retired in 2023 suffered a cut in the reform, ie, requested early reform, says the. This number, when compared to the European average, 19.4%, is practically double.
Only Cyprus is at the head of Portugal, with 45.8% of the retired to do so in advance. According to the statistics, one of the main reasons why the Portuguese reform in advance is the health, mental or physical, pointed out by 16.8% of those who renovate in advance, to a European average of only 6.8% to point out this reason as the principal.
According to the economist Eugénio Rosa“If the worker goes to early reform, it is because he is in an extremely difficult situation in terms of health, both physical and psychological. The cuts are so great that no one likes to receive extremely low pensions. People are already in despair. ”
But, on the other hand, The Portuguese work more years than other European citizens on average.
According to the Portuguese, the Portuguese work, on average, 39.1 years Until the reform, two more than the European Union average (36.9 years). How is this justified?
Economics teacher João Cherry explains that “there is a generation that had a reduced school attendancenot even the secondary education ended, and began to work very young, 14 or 15 years old. And therefore, it reaches the 40 years of discounts now, in 60 years. When people reach 40 years of discounts, they tend to ask for reform“.
At the end of this summer, the government will receive a study on the sustainability of social security to answer questions about pensions and reforms.
According to JN experts, Social Security “is sustainable”. Eugénio Rosas says that “in the conclusions that are taken from the report [da auditoria do Tribunal de Contas] A negative balance appears, only due to the General Box of Retirement. Why regarding social security, even a positive balance appears“.
In addition, the economist points out, “a worker today produces five or six times more than a worker for 15 or 20 years ”, which should also be taken into account.
João Cerejeira believes it can be carried out “a social security supported in three pillars: a public pillar, a public capitalization pillar, that is, part of our contributions are, in fact, in the public stabilization fund and then, a private component ”.
“We must not forget that the current government has no majority, so the ideal would be that any reform in social security had the agreement of a wide parliamentary majority. Social Security is not something that can be changed in a legislature“, It concludes
