Senior citizens call for protests

An association of senior citizens is calling for a series of demonstrations against the government’s planned cuts and their effects on retirees. The first of the protests is to take place in the second half of May at Palachovo Náměstí in Prague; others are reportedly in planning. Among other things, the organisations oppose the planned deceleration of pension growth, which they say would further worsen the standard of living of retirees in the Czech Republic, which is already one third less than the European average.