a “very limited” effort, corresponding to “1% of retirement expenses”, defends the president of the COR

Announced on Wednesday, the postponement of the indexation of retirement pensions to inflation has since caused a lot of reaction, provoking the anger of those first concerned. Questioned this Thursday morning on Franceinfo, the president of the Retirement Orientation Council (COR) put into perspective the effort required of retirees. Gilbert This called it “very limited”because corresponding to “around 1% of retirement spending in France”which represent a total of 385 billion euros in 2023.

“This effort remains a tiny part of overall retirement spending in France”repeated the professor at NEOMA Business School. For example, “for a retiree who benefits from a general pension of 1,500 euros, the effort will be 15 euros per month for six months, from January to June”specified Gilbert Cet. This freeze on pensions, which should have been increased on January 1, will in fact last six months, according to the executive’s plan.

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3.7 billion euros in revenue

A measure which, according to information from Figaroshould make it possible to recover 3.7 billion euros. For the president of the COR, it is logical that retirees should be involved. “All French people are called upon to contribute to the effort to reduce spending”indicates Gilbert This.

Guest on France 2 this Thursday morning, the Minister of Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin also defended such a postponement of indexation. “It’s logical, it’s a smoothing compared to the increase that took place in 2024”he justified, recalling that pensions had been increased this year “more than 5.3% for all of our pensions, for inflation of 2%”. “The increase in pension indexation has been greater than inflation, and much greater than the average increase in assets”noted the minister.