There seems to be no miracle remedy. At the opposite end even parties which explicitly campaigned on a “no need to reform” platform or pensioners’ parties have also not succeeded.
Today the situation in pension reform can be compared to the situation in fiscal reforms prior to the advent of the euro: The first reaction is to argue that your country is a special case, that the rules do not fit it and to list excuses. The second reaction is to buy time by taking one-off or temporary measures or window dressing.