More and more pensions, but not widow's pensions: why these benefits are not advancing at the same rate as retirement pensions
The Government approved an extension of beneficiaries last week by extending these benefits to couples who do not formalize their relationship and have children in common.
The widow's pension in Spain is the only major benefit in the system that has lost recipients, decreasing by 0.2% in the last year. This contrasts with a 2.4% increase in retirement pensions and 1.8% in permanent disability pensions. The Government recently approved a reform that could increase the number of recipients, extending the right to couples with children who did not formalize their relationship.
The Ministry of Social Security reports that there are currently an unspecified number of widow's pensions, which have remained stagnant and even decreased over the past decade, unlike retirement pensions which have increased by one million.
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