Yet instead of welcoming this backsliding from reform, union leaders expressed outrage over another idea: to ensure that pension costs are not increased inexorably by rising life expectancy.

• 联盟阵线的党魁们不但没有对这个历史倒退型的改革计划叫好，反而对另一观点表达了强烈的愤慨：必须保证养老金计划的支出不能由于人的寿命而无限制增加。