No compensation cash for pensioners
Social affairs minister Piet Hein Donner told MPs on Wednesday that he does not plan to increase pensions to restore the loss in spending power created by the current economic crisis, reports ANP news service.
The announcement was in reply to a call by the opposition parties to help pensioners who have been ‘disproportionately hit’ by the crisis.
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