Maltese Opposition calls for pension reform freeze

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MALTA - No pensions crisis will arise until 2025 and therefore a reform of the system is not an immediate necessity and should be put off until 2011, according to the opposition party.

Alfred Sant, Malta Labour Party (MLP) leader broke the silence with a much awaited stance on the proposed pensions reform. Last October the Nationalist government published a white paper on the ...

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