About 250,000 people marched in Madrid, Spain, demanding guarantees for state pensions amid a political dispute over the sustainability of the pension system and the cost of living. Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez accused the right of planning to weaken inflation-linked pension increases, while the opposition Popular Party (PP) said it would keep raising pensions in line with inflation each year if it wins the November 29 election. Protesters voiced concern about privatisation, including a 38-year-old civil servant in Seville who said he was unsure he would receive a future pension. As of September, around 6.8 million Spaniards received a state pension, with an average of 1,576 euros ($1,765) a month.
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