Our View: Government once again pandering to the unions

The government has bowed to union pressure with regard to its pension reform plan. After a meeting of the Labour Advisory Body, Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas said there had been second thoughts by the government which had decided to delay the tabling of the bill in the legislature. Although the original plan was to submit it in July, before the summer recess, the government will now wait until September to allow for more discussions.

Mousiouttas said he wanted to give more time for...