To be sure, Bachelet's proposals for higher corporate taxes, increased welfare spending, greater government control over pensions and a re-examination of Chile's participation in the TPP threaten to reverse much of this progress.
With the fiscal compact and demands by the ECB for comprehensive domestic reforms, Eurocrats have crossed many of the red lines of national sovereignty, extending their reach way beyond food safety standards to exert control over pensions, taxes, salaries, labour market, and public jobs.
"On one hand his coalition government is espousing localism and giving local people control over their schools, but at the same time, as Secretary of State for Education, Mr Gove is directly responsible for over 1,000 schools now that he has removed them from local authority control," said Martin Freedman, the ATL's head of pay, conditions and pensions.
Stephen Lowe at annuity provider Just Retirement also believes in keeping options open: "Test-drive your retirement to keep control over your pension fund and maintain flexibility.
Osborne's sweeping plans now have all-party backing after Labour threw its support behind moves that will give people greater control over their pension savings.
Mr. Loglisci said Wednesday in court that Mr. Morris used his control over the pension fund to secure campaign contributions from investment firms.
"We believe giving retirees complete control over their pension savings is the right thing to do, but clearly more needs to be done by the industry to make pension freedom a reality for many people," Which? said.
The mayor does not have direct control over the pension fund, though he does have the power to appoint people to its board, which includes two members who have previous experience in the oil industry.
Level of satisfaction was also assessed for different amenities among HCW: wages/salary, allowances, working hours, schedule flexibility, childcare availability, professional prestige, colleagues, staffing level, resources available, control over practice, pension, educational opportunities, responsiveness, clinical supervision, performance evaluation, and equipment/technology.
