In Republika Srpska the situation is much more difficult, one insured worker supports one pensioner, so the relation is 1.08 1, because of which even very high contributions and budget transfers do not provide 30 per cent of the average income per capita for pensions.

Exasperation is especially widespread among the eurozone s poorer members. Ask the average person on the street in Slovakia, Estonia, or Lithuania, and you are likely to get a response not too different from this one from a Latvian pensioner We learned our lesson why can t the Greeks learn the same lesson?