Council decisions and Commission documents repeatedly refer to the need for the modernisation and reform of the Member States’ social security systems, an adjustment to the age of retirement and to the negative repercussions for the economy and society of early retirement.

Does the Commission take part in a consultative capacity in the process of adjustment and does it carry out an assessment of the Member States’ new legislative measures?

The recent reforms of the social security system in Greece fall within the national sphere of competence. Is the Commission, nevertheless, carrying out an assessment of them?