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Spanish Pensions

Hi everyone, I wonder if anybody can help me please. I receive a Spanish pension as I worked there for over 20 years and paid contributions. Now I have read that many Spanish banks are in trouble. Do you think it could affect my Pension.
Regards Jenn

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  • electricco
    electricco Posts: 892 Forumite
    No. was it index linked?
  • electricco
    electricco Posts: 892 Forumite
    You will get a pension but weather it is worth a lot after all the money printing by all is another matter. So ye you will get one but the question is how much is it worth?
  • electricco wrote: »
    No. was it index linked?

    Sorry, I don't know what index linked means.
  • electricco
    electricco Posts: 892 Forumite
    OnlyJenn wrote: »
    Sorry, I don't know what index linked means.

    Well yea that is a bit of a problem. What do you know about your pension, other than the scant info in your post?
  • electricco
    electricco Posts: 892 Forumite
    I mean who do you receive it from?
  • electricco
    electricco Posts: 892 Forumite
    Is it a state pension? Or private? Does it increase every year?
  • hartcjhart
    hartcjhart Posts: 9,463 Forumite
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    OnlyJenn wrote: »
    Hi everyone, I wonder if anybody can help me please. I receive a Spanish pension as I worked there for over 20 years and paid contributions. Now I have read that many Spanish banks are in trouble. Do you think it could affect my Pension.
    Regards Jenn
    basically no, your pension is a 'state' pension so will be paid every month
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  • antrobus
    antrobus Posts: 17,386 Forumite
    hartcjhart wrote: »
    basically no, your pension is a 'state' pension so will be paid every month

    Basically, yes. It increases the likelihood that Spain will be obliged to freeze or even reduce pensions in order to meet its deficit reduction targets. Greece was obliged to introduce pension cuts earlier this year. No one can guarantee that Spain will not find itself obliged to do the same.
  • OnlyJenn
    OnlyJenn Posts: 4 Newbie
    edited 21 May 2012 at 12:04AM
    Hi Electricco. It is a state pension as I had worked there for 23 years and paid contributions all the time which has increased in the past month. I have only been receiving it since January 2012. It took 6 months to sort it out but I knew I would be entitled. Now after reading the post from Antrobus that it will stop or at least be reduced due to its deficit. I know a greek man whose father had his pension reduced to half at least 1 year ago. Naturally I have been concerned this could happen to me. Seeing this in black and white is very hard to bear.
    Thank you all for your advice though.
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