ポルトガルの年金生活者は、度重なる年金削減に怒りのだいはんらん
The indignation created by repeated cuts and pension reductions has shaken several times the government coalition
Los jubilados se rebelan en Portugal
La indignación creada por los recortes y las reiteradas reducciones de las pensiones ha hecho tambalear varias veces la coalición gubernamental
Antonio Jiménez Barca Lisboa 26 MAY 2013 - 17:17 CET
Retirees rebel Portugal
The indignation created by repeated cuts and pension reductions has shaken several times the government coalition
Antonio Jimenez Barca Lisbon 26 MAY 2013 - 17:17 CET
As a student, in the hard times of the dictatorship of Salazar, Maria do Rosário Range joined, playing the type (and losing a course) at a university strike, when, years later, she was director of a school in Coimbra, also took the lead in a string of protests against a socialist government (who voted). Now with 69 years, when, in his words, he imagined "taking care of her granddaughter and reading" is back to fight raging civic, presiding over a vibrant and growing organization of retired Portuguese, the APRE, which increases day by day and daily gains power and relevance. It feeds on indignation and was created expressly to oppose the cuts the government of Pedro Passos Coelho conservative running to retirees and pensioners.
It is not a trivial matter: the, more than possible, reducing the pension umpteenth has become, in recent weeks, in the key issue of Portuguese politics. To the extent that has shaken repeatedly coalition (formed by the PSD conservative Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho and CDS-PP Democrat Foreign Minister, Paulo Portas, seemingly contrary to this rate to retirees ).
On the terrace of a bar where everyone knows Coimbra, Maria do Rosário explains, using a stack of papers, the liosos (but bloody) adjustments to pension and future: "They took, the extra payments. In addition, we cut, because of a new Provisional Solidarity rate at all, 3.5%. And those who earn more than 1,800 euros, they removed over 16%. "The retired biology teacher, takes a sip of coffee, take breath and continues:" Two months ago, the Constitutional Court said that the extra payments we the need to return. A, the Christmas, we returned with deferred payments for months (that with the rise of tax withholdings flew.) The other returned to us as well: those who charge up to 600 euros, now in June, and they charge from 600 to 1,100 euros, half in June and half in December. And those earning more than 1,100 euros charge 10% and the rest in winter Do you think this is a serious country ? ".
Then take hold of another role and attacks: "The Government also proposes that the special rate, which was temporary, it becomes something fixed: 3.5% want to cut pensions for all, with retroactive effect, and that, State retirees will be cut by 10% more. He says he still is not safe and that is the last resort to meet the deficit, but we fear that many will. So we have to fight and defend ourselves. "
The troika has insisted on including cuts to pensions waived as a condition for approving the final tranche of 78,000 million euros
In Portugal there are three million retirees, nearly a third of the population. They constitute a significant and influential battalion which should not face. For now, the association president has already participated Gala, with increasing presence in the demonstrations organized, among others, by the collective That lixe a troika (Fuck the troika) and does not leave your mobile phone sonar: meetings with the unions, with the Ombudsman, interviews with political parties, televised debates. Every time he appears on television raises the number of partners, explains this dynamic and lucid retired, who suddenly looks to save face and adds: "We do not govern us politicians, but technicians, and we need people who will stop the foot the troika ".
It was precisely the troika (made by the IMF, the European Union and the European Central Bank) who, on his last visit, held a few weeks ago, insisted on including cuts to pensions waived as a condition for approving the, so far, last stretch-of 2,000 million euros 78,000 million loan request by Portugal in 2011.
Range added: "Go for retirees is like using violence. It is a kind of social terrorism. It does not happen in any country. Besides raise VAT, to raise the price of medicines and medical consultations, they lower the pension each year. This austerity is killing the middle class and the middle class is supporting democracy. Any day it bursts. "
The president of APRE remember that many of the Portuguese pensioners have become a sort of mini-welfare state, or alternative unemployment allowance for the thousands of unemployed Portuguese spits stagnant economy each month. She herself is responsible for her son, unemployed biologist with many possibilities to finish working abroad. When asked whether their association will be recycled into a political party answers: "Our strength is that we belong to all retirees. We will not say who to vote for. Although people do you know who do not have to ".
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