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Pensions and benefits: what each party thinks

4 questions, 48 party positions and 2 complete disagreements (how they are assigned).

What each party proposes on this issue

A summary of their positions on the questions in this issue, based on their manifestos, votes and statements. Details and sources, question by question, below.

Smer

Agrees: “Social and family benefits should be kept, even if taxes have to rise to pay for them”; “People who are able to work should lose social benefits if they turn down a job or training”

Disagrees: “Only people with low pensions should receive the 13th pension”; “The retirement age should keep rising with life expectancy, with no fixed cap”

PS

Agrees: “Only people with low pensions should receive the 13th pension”; “The retirement age should keep rising with life expectancy, with no fixed cap”

Disagrees: “Social and family benefits should be kept, even if taxes have to rise to pay for them”; “People who are able to work should lose social benefits if they turn down a job or training”

Hlas

Agrees: “Social and family benefits should be kept, even if taxes have to rise to pay for them”; “People who are able to work should lose social benefits if they turn down a job or training”

Disagrees: “Only people with low pensions should receive the 13th pension”; “The retirement age should keep rising with life expectancy, with no fixed cap”

Hnutie Slovensko

Agrees: “The retirement age should keep rising with life expectancy, with no fixed cap”; “Social and family benefits should be kept, even if taxes have to rise to pay for them”

Disagrees: “Only people with low pensions should receive the 13th pension”; “People who are able to work should lose social benefits if they turn down a job or training”

KDH

Agrees: “The retirement age should keep rising with life expectancy, with no fixed cap”

Disagrees: “Social and family benefits should be kept, even if taxes have to rise to pay for them”

In between: “Only people with low pensions should receive the 13th pension”; “People who are able to work should lose social benefits if they turn down a job or training”

SaS

Agrees: “Only people with low pensions should receive the 13th pension”; “The retirement age should keep rising with life expectancy, with no fixed cap”

Disagrees: “Social and family benefits should be kept, even if taxes have to rise to pay for them”

In between: “People who are able to work should lose social benefits if they turn down a job or training”

SNS

Agrees: “Social and family benefits should be kept, even if taxes have to rise to pay for them”; “People who are able to work should lose social benefits if they turn down a job or training”

Disagrees: “Only people with low pensions should receive the 13th pension”; “The retirement age should keep rising with life expectancy, with no fixed cap”

Republika

Agrees: “People who are able to work should lose social benefits if they turn down a job or training”

Disagrees: “Only people with low pensions should receive the 13th pension”; “The retirement age should keep rising with life expectancy, with no fixed cap”

In between: “Social and family benefits should be kept, even if taxes have to rise to pay for them”

Maďarská aliancia

Agrees: “People who are able to work should lose social benefits if they turn down a job or training”

In between: “Only people with low pensions should receive the 13th pension”; “The retirement age should keep rising with life expectancy, with no fixed cap”; “Social and family benefits should be kept, even if taxes have to rise to pay for them”

Demokrati

Agrees: “Only people with low pensions should receive the 13th pension”; “The retirement age should keep rising with life expectancy, with no fixed cap”

Disagrees: “Social and family benefits should be kept, even if taxes have to rise to pay for them”

In between: “People who are able to work should lose social benefits if they turn down a job or training”

Sme rodina

Agrees: “The retirement age should keep rising with life expectancy, with no fixed cap”; “Social and family benefits should be kept, even if taxes have to rise to pay for them”; “People who are able to work should lose social benefits if they turn down a job or training”

Disagrees: “Only people with low pensions should receive the 13th pension”

Právo na pravdu

Agrees: “People who are able to work should lose social benefits if they turn down a job or training”

Disagrees: “Only people with low pensions should receive the 13th pension”; “The retirement age should keep rising with life expectancy, with no fixed cap”; “Social and family benefits should be kept, even if taxes have to rise to pay for them”

Only people with low pensions should receive the 13th pension.

Today the 13th pension is paid every December to everyone receiving an old-age, disability, survivor's or social pension. It equals the average amount of that type of pension in the previous year, with a minimum of €300.

Of the 12 parties with a position on this question: 3 in favour, 2 in between and 7 against.

The retirement age should keep rising with life expectancy, with no fixed cap.

The law currently links the general retirement age to life expectancy and sets no upper limit: each year a decree fixes it for one age group (in 2026, for people born in 1968). It is lowered by 6 to 18 months for people who have raised children.

Of the 12 parties with a position on this question: 6 in favour, 1 in between and 5 against.

Social and family benefits should be kept, even if taxes have to rise to pay for them.

The public deficit was 4.45% of GDP in 2025. Reducing it means either cutting spending, including benefits, or raising state revenue. In January 2026, 62.9% of people thought fiscal consolidation would make their lives worse that year (AKO).

Of the 12 parties with a position on this question: 5 in favour, 2 in between and 5 against.

People who are able to work should lose social benefits if they turn down a job or training.

Material-need benefit (dávka v hmotnej núdzi) is currently €86.50 a month for a single person. It is reduced if an adult turns down a suitable job offered by the labour office without good reason, or does not do 32 hours of work a month, for example community work for the municipality.

Of the 12 parties with a position on this question: 7 in favour, 3 in between and 2 against.

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