EU public consultation on pension "reform" | 31 comments (31 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

That's very strange (none / 0)

I'm starting to think about getting around to informing myself about this question, as I would like to have my early working years in New Zealand credited to my French retirement (in case I should wish to stop working before age 68).

What I hear is that it's quite feasible, as long as I can dream up some pay slips or something. It's a matter of bilateral agreements. Is France unusually good in this respect? Why would the Scandies, in particular, be so lousy on this question?

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue
- Queen Elizabeth II}

by eurogreen on Fri Oct 22nd, 2010 at 07:01:03 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: That's very strange (none / 1)

I took my Finnish pension a couple of years ago at 65, but continue to run my company - though with far less pressure to find new business. I take a small salary to cover the company benefits I still receive.

When I talked to my pension fund about 'retiring' they were very helpful, and also indicated at what levels I could still receive personal income (royalties, voiceovers etc) without getting tax penalised. They also asked if I'd had a pension scheme in England. All I could recall was that there were some irregular payments - I was working as a freelance director-cameraman during the period. I didn't think those payments would be significant.

My pension provider did all the legwork, found my pension in England and I now get an additional monthly sum.

I have nothing but praise for the service that was provided.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Oct 22nd, 2010 at 07:27:14 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: That's very strange (none / 1)

I'd bet part of the problem for smaller countries is that the odds of a bilateral agreement being signed would increase with the sizes of the countries - France-Germany being much better in that respect than, say, Finland - Malta ?

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Fri Oct 22nd, 2010 at 08:00:24 AM EST
[ Parent ]

EU public consultation on pension "reform" | 31 comments (31 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Top Diaries

Energy (and Other) Events Monthly - December 2023

Clean Energy Wire's Fact Sheet on Upcoming Dutch Election

Recent Diaries

Keeping Up with COP28

A Sort-a Truce Extended 24 Hours

Energy (and Other) Events Monthly - December 2023

NeXiT the Trump Era of Dutch PM Wilders

Erasure of Palestinians the Zionist Dream

21st Century Pax Americana and Violence

Dublin Far Right Riots After Knife Attack

Clean Break From Peace to War

Woodrow Wilson's Collapse and the Peace Movement

A Children's Sing-Along Annihilate Everyone In Gaza

Xi - Joe Launch a New Communication Probe

The Israeli War Hoax of 40 Beheaded Babies

If Palestinians Are 'Animals'? What Are the Israelis?

Gaza Atrocities and the UN Fail

Clean Energy Wire's Fact Sheet on Upcoming Dutch Election

Broadening the War to Lebanon and Syria-Iraq

Dishonest Hope and Trust In a Two-State Option

Gaza Massacre, Biden Funding Ethnic Cleansing

Dominique de Villepin Israel's Security Not by War

NATO Is Losing the Proxy War In Ukraine

Occasional Series