Basque pensioners are mobilizing to demand a minimum pension of 1,080 euros

He Movement of Basque Pensioners (MPEH) will start this monday week of mobilization to demand a minimum pension of 1,080 euroswith “fasting-encierro”, round tables with experts in this field and protests that will end with demonstrations on Saturday, the 18th, in Bilbao.

As reported by Europa Press, the mobilization program they designed will begin tomorrow with a presentation at a concentration held weekly by pensioners at noon in front of the Bilbao City Council, followed by a “post-encierro assembly follow-up”, which will be held in one place in the capital. He works in shifts of 30 people every day.

The rest of the week will see the delivery of letters with their demands to various official bodies, from the government sub-delegation to the political parties or the Basque government, with various round tables and protests next Saturday, which come after more than five years seeking a minimum pension of 1,080 euros in 14 payments, given that it meets the sufficiency criteria from the European Social Charter”. As noted by the group, it is “a basic income so that the pensioner can have access to a dignified life in old age, and it is also an effective measure for reduce the gender gap in pensions.