It should be recalled that as of July 1, 2025, the standard old-age retirement age for women is 61 years 6 months and the full insurance service is 34 years. For men, the retirement age remains unchanged at 63 years and the insurance experience at 34 years. The National Social Insurance Fund recalls that these conditions were set on July 1, 2019. At that time, the standard retirement age for men was set at 63 years, for women this age will apply from July 1, 2028 – until then, it will increase by half a year each year.
In the conditions of low life expectancy and minimum pensions, further increases the Bloc of Communists and Socialists considers “a mistake of state policy”. This was stated at a briefing on 7 July by Ala Darovannaia, a member of the parliamentary commission for social protection, health care and family and an MP of the Bloc’s faction.
“Not a single social project of ours has been accepted at least for discussion in the plenum of parliament. At least now, at the end of the mandate of the current legislature, we demand from the government and the parliamentary majority to introduce a moratorium and suspend its growth at least at this stage: for women for 61 years and for men – for 63 years,” Darovannaia said.
Among the arguments she listed is the average life expectancy in Moldova: “It is among the lowest in Europe, about 70 years, and for men it is 67 years. In rural areas it is even less – 66 years. At the same time, as of April 1, 2025, the minimum pension for those who have a full insurance record was below the average consumer minimum”.
According to the deputy, “the mechanical increase of the retirement age in a country with low life expectancy, small pensions and obvious inequality is a mistake of state policy”.
“Setting the upper threshold at the level of 61 years is not only a manifestation of compassion, but also a matter of economic pragmatism and social justice”, – says Ala Darovannaia.
According to statistics, there are 670 thousand pensioners in Moldova today.
