Matovič government puts forward a package of measures for half a billion

The ruling coalitions plan to provide the state aid mainly to families with young children and people with disabilities.

Slovakia has one of the most generous benefit systems in the family area in the world.Slovakia has one of the most generous benefit systems in the family area in the world. (Source: TASR)

A thirteenth pension, a contribution for pregnant women, or buses free of charge: The Igor Matovič government has prepared a list of social measures, targeting mainly families with young children and people with disabilities.

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"We live in very tough times; none of us had expected before the election that we would enter a complicated time, that Slovakia would jump right into the biggest economic crisis," Matovič told the July 15 press conference. The government now wants to extend a helping hand to those who are the worst off, he said.

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The Matovič government presented a package of social measures, another one in the sequence of several such packages that the previous, Smer-led governments would put in place.

The €500-million package consists of five proposed measures. What is going to change if they are passed?

1. Pregnancy allowance

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