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". – Mr President, there are two main issues here. First, the transparency of the pension systems. One of the objectives of the third axis in the modernisation of pension systems is to make them transparent. This means that information must be clear and readily available not only to EU citizens but also to third-country nationals. There are major problems in this area at present. In order to achieve the degree of transparency aimed at, we need some kind of indicators. Clear information should be available on demand. We cannot impose the reform structure or the structure of pension systems on Member States, but we can measure it with a series of indicators. Unfortunately, I cannot give you any more details on this at the moment.
Second, the issue of lifelong learning and the problem of early retirement. There is a clear link between the age limit and the need of active ageing. The majority of Member States have an age limit of 65, but this is not the rule, it is the exception. There are many different early retirement systems in place in all Member States which have caused many problems regarding the financial sustainability of the pension systems. That is why we propose this combination of policies: on the one hand, we propose the reform of the pension system and a change in the age limit, on the other hand, we propose policies for activating ageing populations, i.e. incentives for retaining older people in the labour market, incentives for training and, in some cases, subsidies for establishing an SME or other undertaking.
So I very much agree with you, we need this integrated approach. We cannot just decide to increase the age limit, we must implement other policies at the same time."@en1
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