Romanian retired military personnel protest for pension increase in Bucharest, Romania - 09 May 2024
A retired military man leans over the fence covered with the EU flag during a protest of Romanian retired military personnel held in front of Ministry of Defense headquarters, in Bucharest, Romania, 09 May 2024. Some 500 ex-military personnel from all over the country, organized by the National Association of Reserve and Retired Military Personnel (ANCMR) and National Union of Police and Contract Personnel (SNPPC), attended the protest in downtown Bucharest, demanding the correlation of the pensions of military reservists with the salaries of active soldiers, as well as the elimination of inequities regarding the state military pensions.