Economic challenges of social security in the post-Covid-19 pandemic: analyses in the contexts of Brazil and Europe

Abstract

Objectives: The article aims to analyze the economic dimension, the public budget, public policies, the implementation of social security law and the COVID-19 pandemic, although the problematization, is embodied in carrying out a critical analysis of the social security economic challenges post-COVID-19 pandemic in the contexts of Brazil and Europe. Hypotheses: The hypotheses consist of the negative economic data at the global level, triggered primarily after the pandemic caused by COVID-19 and with repercussions both in Brazil and in Europe, in such a way that they reflect negatively on the public budget, and, consequently, on the pension system. Methodology: The scientific research method used was deductive; and, the methods of methodological procedures the historical, the comparative, the monographic and the statistical, corroborated by bibliographic (publications) and documentary (legal) research, in addition to the sources of formal research (lato sensu laws and doctrines) and material (facts and values of society). Results: The global economic and financial crisis, aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, requires an agile and effective response from countries, and in the context of social security, reforms and/or new normative reforms are necessary in order to enable the implementation/guarantee of social security rights. Final thoughts: The main contribution brought by the study is revealed in the need for normative reforms in the field of social security, in order to enable a financial and actuarial balance that provides the realization / guarantee of social security rights through concessions of pensions, aids and pensions, especially to the beneficiaries of the regime (insured and dependent), including, restructuring with a contribution ceiling at the level of the existential minimum based on the dignity of the human person, being indicative for future studies on the subject.