Towards adequate, sustainable and safe European pension systems

This procedure concerns moving towards adequate, sustainable and safe European pension systems. It is an own-initiative report, in which Parliament sets out its own position on a subject; it is not itself a law and is not binding. It was handled by several committees, including Economic and Monetary Affairs, Employment and Social Affairs and Women's Rights and Gender Equality, in the field of retirement and pensions. The tabled amendments respond to the Commission's Green Paper on pensions, emphasise the subsidiarity principle and Member States' competence, and debate the transferability and portability of pension rights for cross-border workers. They discuss pay-as-you-go and occupational schemes, whether the EU should define an adequate retirement benefit, transparency of fees charged by private pension providers, and objections to linking retirement age to life expectancy.