Chamber of Deputies should finalise approval of controversial pension reform today

The Czech Chamber of Deputies is expected to finalise the approval of a controversial pension reform, which, according to the government, will contribute to the sustainability and the reduction of the pension system's deficit. The opposition parties ANO and Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) are opposed to raising the retirement age further and to a gradual reduction in the calculation of new pensions.

Deputies will meet today for the fourth time for the final approval of the pension amendment. They have so far spent twelve and a half hours in previous rounds of discussion, and have submitted thirty amendments to the reform proposals. These include setting the age limit for entitlement to a retirement pension at 67, and slowing the increase in the retirement age to one month per year. Voting on the form of the draft is to begin at noon.