Lawmakers also approved an amendment to the bill added by the Hungarian minority party UDMR regarding workers suffering from severe handicaps. The UDMR amendment stipulates that individuals suffering from severe handicaps can retire after they carry out at least one third of the full contribution service mandatory for receiving state pensions.
The bill’s provisions would come into force in September 2019.
However, opposition parties announced that they will challenge the bill at the Constitutional Court, as it maintains special pensions for certain public servants and there is no mention of how the funds for raising the pension point will be ensured.
The bill will now be sent to President Klaus Iohannis for enactment, pending constitutional challenges.