Allow workers who started paying contributions before 1996 to retire at the age of 64: according to Inps estimates, there would be about 80 thousand more pensions.
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In view of the upcoming Budget Law, the proposal put forward by the Undersecretary of Labor, Claudio Durigon, was detailed during the Lega event “In your defense, towards the 2027 Budget” in a face-to-face with the president of Inps, Gabriele Fava.
Cost of 1.5 billion annually for flexible exit at 64 years
Durigon explained that the implementation of the proposal which provides for exit at 64 years also for workers in the so-called “mixed” system – with a recalculation of the pension amount using the contribution system – would cost 1.5 billion per year and could be implemented experimentally for the next three years. “We want to give the choice to those who started working before 1996 – he added -, just as has been done for pure contributory workers,” said the undersecretary.
As for sustainability and possible objections from the Minister of Economy? “Minister Giorgetti agrees – added Durigon -, Social security expenditure is 326 billion, while revenues amount to 296 billion. But who is the employer of the pensioners? It is the State. Those 326 billion are gross, to get the net 76 billion must be deducted from the 326 billion, it is understood that the sustainability of the pension system in Italy is strong.” In 2026, for flexible early exit at 64 years for pure contributory workers (with contributions paid from January 1, 1996) 20 years of actual contributions are required and the amount threshold is equal to 3 times the social allowance (1,638.72 euros).
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In recent days, the Cgil had rejected this proposal, estimating that for an annual salary of 35,000 euros, the pension calculated with the mixed system would be about 1,726 euros per month, but with the contributory recalculation it would drop to about 1,543 euros, with a reduction of 10.6%. It is worth noting that the 2025 Budget Law had provided for 25 years of minimum contributions for those who used the complementary pension to reach the minimum amount threshold, a measure that the State General Accounting Office had estimated would affect a potential audience of 100,000 pensioners, but then the measure was superseded by the 2026 Budget Law.
Flat tax at 5% for those hiring young people
Durigon himself expressed support for blocking the pension adjustment for pensioners who move abroad and, looking instead at the many young people who leave the country every year to look for work elsewhere, proposed establishing a flat tax of 5% for a duration of 5 years in favor of employers who hire young people: “We must ensure that young people stay in Italy, encouraging young people to stay or return from other countries.”
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