Madrid25,000 marchers want pensions to keep pace with inflation.
Spain’s monthly pension bill hit a record of almost €14.5 billion this year.
Ageing, low births and wage stagnation shrink the ratio of workers to pensioners, so the state funds more of the bill.
Opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo says he would keep raising pensions with inflation.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez accuses the Popular Party of planning to weaken indexation if it wins next month’s election.
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- Al Jazeera Online
- ties the march to the pension bill's record 14.5 billion euros and the election's risk to indexation, citing Mas Madrid's minimum-wage argument
Sources: Al Jazeera Online