Abstract

The last pension Act changes the policy framework in social security law. The main issue is the transparency: the reform keeps hidden the real innovations to the legal framework. For example there is an upgrade of pensionable age showed (66) and another one disguised (70). On the other hand the Act modifies something just for show: for example the legislation switches over contribution-based pension for all people from 2012, without any practical consequence. It seems that the Mediterranean social model is under attack and the legislation intervenes in the pursuit of a different social model.