Poland’s pension cuts on tens of thousands of former communist functionaries and secret police officers are adding fillip to campaigns in other East European states for similar legislation. Starting January, Poland slashed the monthly payments of as many as 40,000 communist-era police officers, border guards, prison wardens and other state workers by an average of more than half.
Polish rights groups have praised the legislation as providing "justice" to victims of the former communist regime in the country, some of whom have been forced to live in poverty while former communist officials draw, in some cases, pensions of almost 2,000 euros (2,727 US dollars) per month - four times the national average.
Now campaigners in the former communist bloc want to see similar legislation in their own countries.
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