约2.5万人聚集在西班牙首都，声援国家养老金计划，与此同时，受生活成本、学校状况和涉嫌腐败等一系列问题驱动，抗议活动仍在欧洲各地持续。
Approximately 25,000 people have gathered in the Spanish capital in support of the state pension scheme, as protests continue across Europe, prompted by a range of issues, including the cost of living, school conditions and alleged corruption.
周六，来自全国各地的抗议者在马德里游行，距离下个月大选尚有一段时间。西班牙国家养老金计划面临的压力由多个因素驱动，包括人口老龄化、低出生率、工资停滞，以及工人与养老金领取者比例下降。
Protesters from across the country marched through Madrid on Saturday before next month’s general election The pressure on Spain’s state pension scheme is being driven by several factors, including an ageing population, a low birth rate and wage stagnation, as well as a declining ratio of workers to pensioners.
示威者担心，国家养老金计划可能会因下个月大选的胜者不同而大幅削弱。该国每月养老金支出今年触及创纪录高位，达近145亿欧元（约162亿美元）。
Demonstrators are concerned that the state pension scheme could be significantly weakened depending on who wins next month’s election. The country’s monthly pension bill hit a record high this year of almost 14.5 billion euros ($16.2bn).
抗议者从阿托查火车站游行至大道，这是马德里最繁忙、最著名的街道。多名示威者手举标语，写着“保护并保障我们的养老金”。
Protesters marched from Atocha train station to the Gran Via, Madrid’s busiest and most famous street. Several of the demonstrators carried banners reading “protect and guarantee our pensions”.
埃米利奥·德尔加多担任左翼政党“更多马德里”在马德里议会的副发言人。他在X平台发文称：“没有任何养老金应低于最低工资。一生的劳动值得体面的退休。”抗议者要求养老金继续与通胀挂钩，并呼吁消除性别养老金差距。
Emilio Delgado serves as the deputy spokesperson of the left-wing party Mas Madrid in the Assembly of Madrid. Posting on X, he said that “no pension should be below the minimum wage. A lifetime of work deserves a dignified retirement.”Protesters want pensions to remain indexed to inflation and are calling for the gender pension gap to be eliminated.
总理佩德罗·桑切斯指责右翼人民党（PP）计划在赢得下个月大选后削弱与通胀挂钩的养老金上调。
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has accused the right-wing Popular Party (PP) of planning to weaken inflation-linked pension increases if it wins next month’s election.
然而，人民党领袖阿尔韦托·努涅斯·费霍周一表示，如果其政党赢得大选，将继续按通胀率上调养老金。
However, leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo said on Monday that he would continue to raise pensions in line with inflation if his party wins the vote.
桑切斯承诺，如果他继续执政将保护养老金，并称当前养老金制度负担得起。
Sanchez has pledged to protect pensions if he remains in office and says the current pension system is affordable.
由于养老金领取人数增加和月度给付金额上涨，该制度逐渐变得更依赖国家财政拨款。
The system has gradually become more reliant on state funding because of a growing number of pensioners and increases in monthly payments.