Pension at 64 with the mixed system: Durigon's proposal for the maneuver

Allow workers who started paying contributions before 1996 to retire at 64 years of age: according to INPS estimates there would be around 80 thousand additional pensions.

In view of the next budget law, the proposal put forward by the Undersecretary of Labor, Claudio Durigon, was detailed during the League event "In your defense, towards the 2027 Budget" in a face-to-face meeting with the president of the INPS, Gabriele Fava.

Durigon explained that the implementation of the proposal which provides for workers who are in the so-called "mixed" system to leave at 64 - with a recalculation of the pension amount with the contributory system - would cost 1.5 billion a year and could be implemented on an experimental basis for the next three years. "We want to give the opportunity to choose to those who started working before 1996 - he added -, as was done for pure contributors", said the undersecretary.

As for sustainability and possible objections from the MEF owner? «Minister Giorgetti agrees - added Durigon -, Social security spending is 326 billion, while revenue is equal to 296 billion. But who is the employer of pensioners? It's the state. Those 326 billion are gross, to get the net 76 billion must be subtracted from the 326 billion, it is clear that the sustainability of the pension system in Italy is strong". In 2026, for flexible early exit at 64 for pure contributors (with contributions paid since 1 January 1996), 20 years of effective contributions are required and the amount threshold is equal to 3 times the social allowance (1,638.72 euros).

In recent days the CGIL had rejected this proposal, estimating that for an annual salary of 35 thousand euros, the pension calculated with the mixed system would be around 1,726 euros per month, but with the recalculation of contributions it would drop to around 1,543 euros, with a reduction of 10.6%. It should be noted that the 2025 Budget law had provided for 25 years of minimum contributions for those who had used the supplementary income to reach the minimum amount threshold, a measure that the State General Accounting Office had estimated would affect a potential audience of 100 thousand pensioners, but then the measure was superseded by the 2026 Budget law.

Durigon himself said he was in favor of blocking the equalization of the pension of pensioners who move abroad and, instead, looking at the many young people who leave the country every year to look for work elsewhere, he proposed establishing a flat tax of 5% for a duration of 5 years in favor of employers who hire young people: «We must ensure that young people stay in Italy, encouraging young people to stay or return from other countries».