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Ruling party and opposition argue on International Day for Older Persons

published on 10/1/20 11:46 AM

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In the most difficult days of the pandemic, we have made the life, health and social care for the elderly a priority, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov wrote on Facebook on the occasion of the International Day for Older Persons. For the third month in a row, all 2.1 million retirees in Bulgaria will receive a supplement of 25 euros to their pensions to meet their most urgent needs. This support will continue until the end of our term, the Prime Minister wrote.

Members of the Bulgarian Socialist Party said in parliament that the sum of 25 euros was form of alms. MP Georgi Gokov pointed out that Bulgaria was the country with the oldest population in Europe and an average pension was only 196 euros. The BSP members insist on recalculation of all pensions granted until 2015 and a law for the elderly citizens, which will adequately regulate the increase of pensions every year.

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