Montero bets on a "stronger quilt" as a saving measure in the midst of an energy crisis

The Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, has assured that she does not sleep

, not only to save energy but also for health reasons.

She thus affirmed it during an interview on RTVE, collected by Europa Press, when asked about what individual measures she adopts in her house to save energy.

The minister has responded that she is "very little" at home and that the most effective measures she applies are in the workplace, complying with all the measures of the Energy Efficiency Decree, with temperature control or not lighting the exterior facades of the buildings that depend on the Ministry.

As for the ones he adopts at home, he explained that since he almost goes to sleep and since he is a doctor by profession, he does not use refrigeration or heating to rest at night because it is also detrimental in terms of health.

"Since I almost arrived just to go to sleep, I do tell him that I do not use either the refrigeration or the heating to rest at night, among other things because I am a doctor by profession and having the air conditioning or heating device on

as it happens with the majority of the citizens", he specified.

Therefore, he has stressed that he adopts "what everyone does".

"

in those terms

in terms of it being winter", she has riveted.

The increase in pensions

The Minister of Finance has also pointed out that sending the message that maximum pensions will not be revalued would cause workers with high salaries to "

" from the public system and go to the private one, which in turn would "jeopardize" sustainability of Social Security.

Montero has insisted that the Toledo Pact and the law that was agreed with the social agents "will be fulfilled" and, therefore, pensions, including the maximum ones, will be revalued by 2023 in the environment of average inflation year-on-year for November, which will be around 8.5%.

In any case, Montero has recalled that, despite the rise that they will experience next year,

, so that, no matter how much they could rise, they could not exceed the established limit.

This year, the maximum limit for all public pensions (retirement, widowhood, permanent disability, orphanhood and in favor of relatives) is 2,820 euros per month (39,469 euros per year).

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