The government’s most senior advisory body, the Council of State, has criticised the government’s plans to raise the pension age from 65 to 67, the Financieele Dagblad reports on Wednesday.

The council, which always has a role in advising on new legislation, said the pension age can be raised more quickly than ministers are planning. The cabinet wants a two-stage increase – to 66 in 2020 and then again to 67 in 2027.
In addition, the council says the plan does not have sufficient financial underpinnings and may lead to tension between young and old. In particular, the council is concerned that people born after 1955 will be ‘fully’ responsible for picking up the cost of the greying population, the paper says.