Top court throws out ANO move against pension reforms

The Czech Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a legal challenge to the government’s pension reforms made by ANO. The opposition leaders had argued that a reduction in the index-linking of state old-age pensions represented a breach of the rights of the elderly.

The government amended the Pensions Act last year, at a time of high inflation, as part of an austerity programme.

ANO had also accused the government of abusing a system of fast-tracking legislation in connection with the bill.