WARSAW (Sputnik) — "According to the European Commission [EC], return to the previous retirement age in Poland is discrimination. It is a pity that the EC does not apply equal measures to all EU countries," Szydlo wrote on Twitter.
If the law on Polish pension reform goes into effect from October 1, the retirement age in Poland will be reduced to 65 years for men and 60 for women. At the moment, the age of retirement in Poland is 67 years for men and 63 years for women.
Earlier on Tuesday, the deputy chief spokesperson for the European Commission, Mina Andreeva, said that the European Commission expected Poland to respond to its claims concerning its pension reform within four weeks. According to Andreeva, the European Commission wants to resolve the problems before the law comes into force in order to avoid the sanction procedure, as EC claims that the establishment of different retirement ages for men and women is a form of discrimination.
