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Spain ageing reforms: pensions, disability & social spending

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2026-07-26 05:49 UTC → 2026-07-28 15:32 UTC · added removed

The 2026 reform programme retained kept a voluntary early‑retirement window ending at until age 65 and capped non‑financial spending at €226 bn for 2027. It introduced added a €2.984 bn credit transfer for disability benefits, a €5,000 home‑care bonus under the amended Dependency Law, bonus, and raised the government's government’s contribution to that law the Dependency Law to about 40.4 % of total financing, targeting over 50 % in 2027. A comprehensive disability reform approved on 14 July 2026 reoriented the General Disability Law and the Dependency Law toward a rights‑based model, automatically recognizing recognising 33 % disability for Grade I dependents and 65 % for Grades II‑III, and earmarked emergency credits to speed benefit recognition. Early‑retirement schemes for workers with severe disabilities (45‑60 % severity) and eleven severe pathologies allow retirement at 56 with full pension rights, expected to help around 50 000 workers. On 19 July 2026 the Congress rejected a Podemos amendment that would have let contributors with 40 + years of service retire on early without pension reduction; the PSOE and PP voted against it while Vox abstained. The reform’s cost remains estimated at €3.358 bn. A new retirement for long‑service contributors. An “integration of gaps” provision announced on 20 July enables protects pension amounts for workers with fewer than 25 years of contributions to protect pension amounts; average monthly pensions are set to rise by up to €40.56, with the legal retirement age moving to 66 years 10 months for those under 38 years 3 months of contributions, progressing to 67 years in 2027. In late July, Congress approved a law creating a contributions. A “pasarela” that law lets up to 100 000 self‑employed professionals (lawyers, architects, etc.) convert mutualist contributions into recognised Social Security periods. The conversion applies a reduction coefficient of 0.67‑0.87, periods, raising pensions for 38‑year contributors from about €450 to roughly €1 200 per month, while excluding already‑retired mutualists (≈47 000). mutualists. On 25 July a amendment created a “pasarela RETA” for lawyers from the Mutualidad de la Abogacía to transfer private pension rights into the public system, but retirees remain excluded, drawing criticism from professional groups. The following day Congress ratified this amendment, with support from the governing PP, PSOE and Vox. In the same legislative session, the dependency and disability reforms received a historic €6.2 bn financing boost for 2026‑27, aiming to cut the waiting list in Andalusia by about 15 000 people and reach 437 000 beneficiaries by the end of 2027.

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  1. 2026-07-28 15:32 UTC Spain ageing reforms: pensions, disability & social spending
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