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Poland's parliament approved on Friday government plans to overhaul the creaking state pensions system, overturning a presidential veto of the reform.
President Lech Kaczynski, a conservative often at odds with the pro-business government, vetoed the reform on Monday saying it was unfair and failed to heed labour unions' criticism.
President Lech Kaczynski, a conservative often at odds with the pro-business government, vetoed the reform on Monday saying it was unfair and failed to heed labour unions' criticism.
The law will reduce the number of workers eligible for early retirement to around 240,000 from 1.2 million and will lead to significant savings for the state budget as Poland's economy
However, parliament failed to back several other reforms sponsored by the government but vetoed by Kaczynski, including a plan to introduce more financial discipline into the inefficient state health sector.