The Government
of Ukraine has introduced the draft pension reform, which includes increasing of
the retirement age, instead it lays the foundation for
the restoring of social justice, improved pension rates and the deficit-free
budget of the Pension Fund, and expresses commitment to start the realization
of it as soon as possible.
This was
stated by Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman during a meeting with the European Business
Association members. The leaders of the EBA Tomas Fiala
and Anna Derevyanko noted the immediacy of the
government's proposals and stressed the need for their implementation.
"It’s
impossible to ensure economic growth taking into account the burden of the [pension
– ed.] system that we have now. Therefore, we have presented a project of
reform and it is crucial to embark on its immediate implementation", said
the Head of Government.