Finland: government unilaterally raises normal retirement age from 63 to 65

, on February 24, 2009, that the government decided to progressively raise retirement age from 63 to 65. It will be put into place by a measure destined to finance retirement in the context of the crisis. The change will be applied on different levels, retirement age will go up by two months per year starting in 2011. The reform, thus, will see its full effect twelve years from now, and will be accompanied by measures destined to eliminate early retirement and all systems that favor retiring b