# Record of retirement claims in the first quarter of 2026

A total of 58,213 new retirement applications were filed in January–March 2026, according to e-EFKA data, scoring a record from 2017. Professor Alexis Mitropoulos, President of the Union for the Protection of Labour and the Social State, points to an increase of 10,172 applications compared to 2025. The main factors of the output are fear of increasing age limits from 1-1-2027 through «Prosecution clause», changes in the acquisition of fictitious time and the calculation of a pension based on the whole working life.