Faced with record inflation, the government ensures that it does not want to leave pensioners on the floor. The Purchasing Power Bill, presented Thursday in the Council of Ministers and which has yet to be adopted in the Assembly, provides for several measures to try to protect their purchasing power, which is already particularly weakened. What aid would you be entitled to when you were retired and under what conditions? The Parisian takes stock.
A revaluation of retirement pensions
This was candidate Macron’s emblematic promise to retirees. After weeks of vagueness, the government has decided, and wishes to increase the retirement and disability pensions of the basic schemes by 4% from July 1. A figure supposed to be closer to that of inflation which exceeded 5% over one year in June, according to INSEE.
How will this revaluation translate? “Very concretely, for a person who has a pension of 1,200 euros, it is 60 euros more per month”, detailed Élisabeth Borne. A figure that we obtain if we “also integrate the revaluation of 1% from the beginning of the year”, had clarified in a second time, the entourage of the Prime Minister to the Parisian.
After the adoption of the bill in the Assembly, pensioners should see this increase in their bank account on August 9, the basic pension for July being paid on this date. Please note, however, that this increase will only concern basic pensions. Supplementary pensions, managed by the social partners and not by the State, are not affected by this increase.
An increase in the solidarity allowance for the elderly
Another boost, the solidarity allowance for the elderly (Aspa), paid to the most modest pensioners, will also be increased by 4%. The amount depends on your resources and your family situation. To find out more, a simulator allows you to calculate your rights to this allowance.
This increase is aligned in particular with those of other social minima, such as the active solidarity income (RSA) or the allowance for disabled adults (AAH).