Reformy emerytalne a polityka spójności ekonomicznej
Pension reforms vs. cohesion policy

Summary/Abstract: With the territorial extension of the EU, economic and social differences between the member states grew deeper, which hindered achievement of economic and social cohesion. After 2000, increasing global competition forced the EU to take measures aimed at the acceleration of the European economy, ensuring stable and sustainable economic growth, and strengthening social cohesion. The above objectives were supposed to be achieved i.e. through the modernisation of the European social model resulting in lower social security costs and higher employment rates. Pension systems went trough the deepest transformations due to their dominant share in social expenditure (50 %). The paradigmatic reforms will result in a significant decline in the level of retirement benefits in the majority of the member states and a dramatic decrease in social security. The above prospect poses a threat to social and economic cohesion in the EU and gives rise to disintegration tendencies.

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