Denmark is set to raise the retirement age to 70 for both men and women.
The Scandinavian country has tied the new retirement age to life expectancy, only affecting those who were born after 1971.
The cap will rise from the current retirement age of 67 to 68 in 2030 and then to 69 in 2035.
Tommas Jensen told Danish media, ‘we’re working and working and working, but we can’t keep going’. ‘I’ve paid my taxes all my life. There should also be time to be with children and grandchildren.’
The 47-year-old roofer went on to say the move was ‘unreasonable’ and highlighted the difference between working a desk job and jobs that are demanding of the body.
The Danish government has been revising the retirement age every five years for the last two decades, with this new rule passed through their parliament yesterday, 81 votes in favour to 21 against.
But the Social Democrat Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has previously said these numbers would be renegotiated.
‘Denmark has a healthy economy and yet the EU’s highest retirement age,’ he added.
