The government has forwarded to the Assembly the budget for 2026, where in addition to the year-end bonus, from January there will be a month-by-month increase in pensions, beyond indexation.
" Last night we submitted the 2026 budget to the assembly. I am happy today to tell pensioners that, as we pledged in the elections, this mandate will be the mandate of annual pension increases."
This is the most difficult part of a country's financial policy, pensions. But finally, precisely because we are no longer the country that was barely standing, we are a country with a stable economy, we can do what we pledged to do.
Let's increase pensions year after year according to the announced objectives for each category. This December they will receive the bonus, starting in January they will have a month-by-month increase, above the annual indexation.
According to categories. At the end of the mandate, we must achieve that the average pension increases as follows, urban to go to 40 thousand new lek from 27 thousand and 350 lek which is today, partial urban to go to 22 thousand lek from 15,800 lek today, rural pension with full years 18 thousand lek from 11,500 lek today, family pension will go to 18 thousand lek from 11,400 lek today, invalid pension will increase to 30 thousand lek from 20 thousand lek today. Therefore, from January 2026, pensions will increase every month as follows, beyond the old indexation which will be another thing , "says Rama.