{"id":7049,"date":"2016-08-04T09:30:44","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T08:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/?p=7049"},"modified":"2024-09-13T09:51:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T08:51:50","slug":"eurocrats-pensions-in-brexit-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/en\/eurocrats-pensions-in-brexit-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurocrats\u2019 Pensions in Brexit Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-2 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_432d3f53\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Eurocrats\u2019 pensions shape up to be flashpoint in Brexit talks<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>EU and London set for clash over liabilities running to several billion euros<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The pensions of British Eurocrats are shaping up to be one of the most politically poisonous points in the UK\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bruxelles.unionsyndicale.eu\/en\/?s=brexit&amp;lang=en\">Brexit<\/a>\u00a0talks, as the EU and London prepare to clash over liabilities running to several billion euros. Big staff unions in Brussels are already calling for a \u201cLeague of Nations\u201d style solution, which would see a post-Brexit Britain pay part of the EU\u2019s \u20ac60bn worth of pension promises, just as the League\u2019s members did when the organisation was dissolved after the second world war. The move sets the stage for a bruising political battle with London, which will be loath to remain on the hook for pensions that it views as too generous and the responsibility of EU institutions as the employers.<\/p>\n<p>Pensions are one of many areas \u2014 from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eib.org\/en\/index.htm\">European Investment Bank<\/a> projects to research funding \u2014 where complex joint liabilities with Britain will need to be unwound in Brexit talks. Failing to find a solution would put at risk pension payments to about 3,000 British officials who have worked in EU institutions since 1973. Senior officials on both sides acknowledge the issue could become one of the most charged of the negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>Some senior EU officials predict the final compromise could involve Britain paying a lump sum to close its exposure, which would be used to create a standalone pension fund. \u201cThis could be horrible, ugly. I hope it won\u2019t be,\u201d said one. Brussels estimates its total pension liability to be about \u20ac60bn for all retired and current EU officials, with annual payments running at about \u20ac1.4bn. Some 1,730 retired Britons make up almost 8 per cent of the roughly 22,000 EU officials drawing pensions at present.<\/p>\n<h4><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/unionsyndicale.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20160801-Article-BREXIT-Pensions-a-travers-le-Financial-Times.pdf\">Read the article here<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_large\"><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium with_line width_50 thick_3 style_solid color_primary align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-2 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_auto\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eurocrats\u2019 pensions shape up to be flashpoint in Brexit talks. 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