Polish lawmakers on Wednesday voted to reinstate a lower retirement age of 65 for men and 60 for women starting in 2018, despite questions over its effect on public finances. The governing conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party promised the measure during its 2015 election campaign, after the previous liberal administration gradually raised the retirement age to 67. "Funding for all the reforms, including that of the pension system, is guaranteed in the budget," Prime Minister Beata Szydlo told parliament, quoted by the Polish news agency PAP.
