The report analyses pension systems in the EU, assesses the pension reforms in the light of aggravated challenges and develops an updated agenda for delivering adequate and sustainable pensions.

The Economic Policy Committee together with the Ageing Working Group  and Social Protection Committee together with the Indicators Sub-Group, in cooperation with Commission services (Economic and financial affairs and Employment, social affairs and equal opportunities) have carried out a joint analysis of pension systems in the EU focussing on the:

• results of the last decade of reforms;
• impacts of the crisis;
• long term perspectives beyond the crisis.

The aim was to re-assess the pension reforms in the light of aggravated challenges and develop an updated agenda for delivering adequate and sustainable pensions.

The report notes that ensuring that public policies cater for sustainable, accessible and adequate retirement incomes now and in the future remains a priority for the EU.