About 8,300 beneficiaries of special pensions, such as former judges, diplomats, parliamentary clerks or external collaborators of the Court of Auditors, received pensions of over RON 691 million (EUR 152.4 million) last year, reports local Profit.ro.

Some RON 552 million (EUR 122 million) of this amount came from the state budget.

People receiving special pensions get normal retirement age pensions, paid from the public pension system, as well as special “work pensions”, which are paid from the state budget. The “work pensions” are calculated as 80% of the total revenues earned in the last 12 months before retiring.

According to data from the Labour Ministry, 8,305 people benefitted from special pensions last year. Most of them were judges or prosecutors (almost 3,300 people), auxiliary staff in courts (1,701 people), followed by civil aviation personnel (1,406 people). Some 779 former diplomats also received special pensions.

Former civil aviation personnel had the highest pensions last year, with an average pension of RON 10,799 (EUR 2,380). Some RON 8,200 (EUR 1,808) came from the state budget.

Magistrates had an average pension of RON 10,382 (EUR 2,290), most of which - RON 9,326 (EUR 2,057) - from the state budget.

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