Secretary general of Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Dimitris Koutsoumbas said that the developments in the country’s social security system involve all citizens, regardless of their age and argued that more cuts are planned to be applied in insurance, health and pension benefits.

“They are about to further cut insurance, health and pension benefits, they want to abolish all cases of granting pensions to people below 62 years of age, which means there will be an increase in the retirement age,” Koutsoumbas said.

He added that “The labour union movement needs to be prepared to deal with and prevent these developments as of September. The social security system issue is a cause of war,”.