Labour leader Job Cohen has called on the CDA and two Liberal parties VVD and D66 to support the pension age increase deal reached between unions and employers.

It emerged earlier on Thursday the two groups are nearing completion of an agreement backing an increase in the state pension age from 65 to 66 in 2020. The aim is to cut government spending and pay for the cost of the greying population.
Labour also wants to increase the state pension age in 10 years time but the other parties want to begin earlier.
Cohen said the later date is needed to make sure people nearing pension age have enough time to prepare for an extra year’s work.

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Christian Democrat minister Maxime Verhagen told news agency ANP he was pleased the unions and employers were nearing a deal but said they also had to use pay and conditions agreements to stimulate workers in working longer.
At the moment few Dutch workers are still employed after the age of 60.
Stef Blok, of the free market Liberals VVD, said the agreement would have to generate significant savings for the treasury. ‘We are not applauding yet,’ he told ANP.
A spokesman for the Liberal Democrats D66 said waiting until 2020 to increase the pension age would be too late.
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Although it will be up to the next cabinet to work out details of the pension age increase, an agreement between unions and employers will create ‘broad support in society’ for the changes and prevent labour unrest, the Volkskrant says.