Netherlands: raising retirement age to 67 debated

rnmental commission recommended this unpopular measure, defended by the labor party at the 2006 elections. (Ref. 090200)

The D66 – small center opposition party – also proposed this measure to the Parliament at the end of January. Agnes Jongerius, general secretary of the FNV – the largest union organization in the country – thinks that raising retirement age isn’t “desirable” but doesn’t refuse debating it. It is true that the Netherlands are more seriously hit by the crisis than they anticipat