Student List proposes extra 5% for lowest pensions and a social pension

Student List unveiled a package of pension measures in Serbia that would introduce a social pension for the over‑65s and add targeted increases for the lowest pensioners, including a one‑time extra boost of 5 percent on top of regular indexation.

The proposals were presented as part of the movement's program called "Work and Social Affairs" and are framed as steps to protect purchasing power and give greater financial security to older citizens with the lowest incomes.

Under the plan, pensions would be adjusted twice a year so they more closely follow wage and price developments. Recipients of the lowest pensions would receive an additional 5 percent above the ordinary adjustment, and the most materially vulnerable pensioners would get direct cash support paid from the state budget.

Family pension rules would change as well: those below the legal minimum would be topped up to the minimum level, and bereaved spouses could receive a supplement amounting to up to 15 percent of the deceased partner's pension.

New social pension and caregiving credits

One headline proposal is a social pension for people over 65 who lack sufficient work record or who did not qualify for a regular pension; its level would be equal to the minimum agricultural pension, giving a basic subsistence floor to those with no other income.

The program also foresees state payment of social insurance contributions for parents and caregivers who provide intensive care to dependent children or adult family members, with the possibility of recognizing up to five years of pensionable service during their working life.

Academic and professor Dr. Radomir Saicic — who entered politics as a candidate of the student movement — said the measures are part of a more comprehensive government plan prepared in "more than 1,200 pages" by dozens of experts. On the government's early priorities he added: "The aim of this engagement is not classic politics, but to establish a healthy system of values, liberate the judiciary and restore justice."

The program sets immediate targets for the incoming administration: in the first 30 days, to secure currency stability, guarantee timely payment of all salaries and pensions, and ensure stable energy supplies; and within the first 100 days, to begin decriminalization of the state, audit all public projects and open urgent investigations into alleged corruption in institutions.

Photo: press material from the event