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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10317

17 February 2011
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/pensions
EP calls for sustainable, guaranteed income pensions

Brussels, 16/02/2011 (Agence Europe) - In Strasbourg on Wednesday 16 February, the European Parliament (EP) called on member states to ensure that pension schemes can sustainably deliver a decent level of income to the growing number of retired people, despite the economic crisis, and urged discussion of the issues of portable pensions and inequalities faced by women and older workers. The EP voted by 535 votes to 85, with 57 abstentions, to pass the report by Ria Oomen-Ruijten (EPP,...

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