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Re:Greece by bjourne on Saturday July 04, 2015 @10:41PM (#9832329)
Greeks have one of the higher average retirement ages in Europe:

http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/world-affairs/2012/05/expl...

61.7 for Greece, 60.9 is the EU average.

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Re:Greece by ageek123 on Sunday July 05, 2015 @01:46AM (#9832605)
Not quite. Check out the quotes from the Greek labor minister in the following article. The situation is much worse than it seems. http://greece.greekreporter.com/2014/12/04/75-of-greek-pensi...
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Re:Greece by rurban on Sunday July 05, 2015 @08:24AM (#9833307)
This happens all over Europe. All unionized and high profile workers successfully demand earlier and earlier retirements. Check the numbers. Greece' average retirement age is above the EU average age.
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