Thirteenth pension: historic success in Switzerland Mar 2024 After an intense campaign, the proposal put forward by the unions to introduce a thirteenth pension in Switzerland for all elderly men and women receiving a social security pension (AVS) was accepted in the vote on Sunday 3 March This is a historic step towards strengthening the first pillar, at a... Read more
Rights FERPA WOMEN’s COMMITTEE – 8 MARCH 2024 Mar 2024 The European Federation of Retired and Elderly People is identified as a recognized organisation representing older people, with 10 million members in 21 European countries Today, through its Women’s Committee expresses its disappointment and incomprehension towards the final deal regarding... Read more
Driving Licence Directive: the Secretary General of FERPA writes to the President of the European Parliament Mar 2024 The general secretary of Ferpa Agostino Siciliano sent a letter to the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola With this letter, Siciliano sent to the President this resolution adopted last February 21st by the executive committee of Ferpa: Resolution European directive on driving... Read more
SUS: From the minimum wage to a decent pension Dec 2023 The traditional, already 22nd, Festival of the Third Age, the largest event of its kind for the elderly in Europe, was held in Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana, in which the Trade Union of Pensioners of Slovenia (SUS) also participates every year As part of the three-day festival, there are also various... Read more
Europe Etuc ETUC protest in Brussels against austerity Dec 2023 The ETUC protest against a European austerity policy that does not take into account people's needs and rights was held in Brussels on Tuesday 12 December We ask and demand requests and choices that are different from those that are being made in Europe This is why as Ferpa, with our General... Read more
