Well, how about this article, for example, written in Dec. 2014:
On Wednesday, Greek Labor Minister Yiannis Vroutsis presented data to the parliament, explaining that almost 75% of Greek pensioners are trying to secure their early retirement through legal provisions that allow them to stop working before the age of 61.“In the public sector, 7.91% of pensioners retire between the ages of 26 and 50, 23.64% between 51 and 55, and 43.53% between 56 and 61. In IKA, 4.44% of pensioners retire between the ages of 26 and 50, 12.83% retire between 51 and 55, and 58.61% retire between 56 and 61. Meanwhile, in the so-called healthy funds, 91.6% of people retire before the national retirement age limit,” Vroutsis said.
As you can see, the article claims that despite the high national retirement age limit many people retire much earlier - sometimes as early as being of ripe old age of 26. Is the article wrong?
The article isn’t wrong. It’s misleading. The retirements under 50 are akin to social security disability pensions and some military pensions. The early retirements for 50-61 are for various categories, the biggest being women with three children under 18 and widows/widowers and of course the military.
Why did you say the retirement age in Greece is 35? As I asked, what’s in it for you? Are you a partisan of the Germans?