2024-10-16 09:30:00
Despite government announcements, some pensioners will be significantly promoted within weeks.
This is one of the government’s strong announcements. To save money, it is proposed that the retirement pensions paid by Carsat do not increase on January 1st, as usually happens. Michel Barnier wants this to happen only on July 1st, without retroactivity, resulting in loss of income for millions of pensioners. The project aroused the ire of the first interested parties but also of a large part of the political class.
The measure has not yet been adopted by Parliament and can still be annulled. However, what the Prime Minister didn’t say was that, despite his shock proposal, some older people will see their pensions get a little bigger as the new year approaches. Of these, approximately 600 thousand will benefit from an increase compared to the usual date.
In January, according to the annual inflation forecast, all basic pensions will (will?) be increased by around 1.8%. On an average pension of 860 euros, this corresponds to around a 15 euro increase per month. However, the vast majority of the 15 million pensioners risk being harmed as a result of the postponement to July 1st. A legitimate savings effort in the eyes of the government because “pensions have increased faster than the average per capita salary” in the last two years.
A part of the pensioners, however, will be increased from 1 January, regardless of what Parliament decides: the beneficiaries of the elderly solidarity allowance (Aspa) and the minimum old-age allowance (ASV). The latter will see their payments be higher. These pensions “will remain revalued on January 1,” the government has already warned.
In total, according to the latest data dating back to 2022, this is almost 680,000 people. These two allowances should be increased by 1.8% and their average amount rise to around 520 euros for the Aspa and 425 euros for the ASV.
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