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Agreement on the updating of pensions in relation to price increases
- Pensions will increase this year by 1.6% or could increase further if inflation exceeds this figure, as is currently the case.
Pentsionistak Bilboko udaletxe aurrean egindako elkarretaratzean (Argazkia: infolibre)
All the groups represented in the Toledo Pact have signed the agreement for the update of pensions in relation to the CPI, except for ERC, pp, PSOE, Unidos Podemos, Citizens, PDeCat, PNV and Compromís.
Pensioners have said that despite the step forward, it is not enough and that they will continue to fight until they win. On 1 October, for example, several groups convened a demonstration in Pamplona under the motto "public and dignified pensions".
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