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At the start of each year, many retirees impatiently await the announcement of a revaluation of their pension. However, for 2025, the news is disappointing: the increase initially planned for January is reported to July. This decision concerns the pensions of millions of retirees affiliated to the general system, in the face of budgetary restrictions that the State has been unable to avoid.
However, some will escape this report and will benefit from an increase from January. Who are they, and how do these reassessments work? We explain everything to you.
A bad surprise for retirees
At the start of each year, retirees wait with hope for the revaluation of their pensions, a measure supposedly compensate for inflation of the past year. But for 2025, the news is disappointing: the revaluation, initially planned for January, was reported for July. This decision leaves the government with a bitter taste for the 17 million retirees concerned.
Faced with budgetary pressures, the government opted for a temporary pension freeze. This measure means that for six months, retirees will have to do without this increase, although it is crucial in the face of rising prices.
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According to forecasts of theINSEEinflation should settle around 1.8% between January and December 2024. If the revaluation had taken place in January, as planned, this would have allowed retirees to compensate for this increase.
For example, for a senior who receives a average pension of 1,470 euros netthis would have represented a monthly gain of 26 euros. An amount that may seem modest, but which makes a big difference in many homes.
Seniors spared from frost
While many will have to wait until July to see their pensions increase, some retirees will benefit from a boost from January 1, 2025. Around 801,000 retireesoften among the most modest, will see their allowances increased by 1.8%.
Who are these lucky people? These are retirees touching Solidarity Allowance for the Elderly (ASPA) and the old age benefits (ASV). Although not traditional retirement pensions, these social benefits provide a lifeline for many older people. They mostly depend on it to make ends meet.
The increase follows a simple rule! All social benefits, including ASPA and ASV, follow the same logic of annual revaluation based on inflation.
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For those affected, this is not a simple adjustment, but vital support in a context where every euro counts. In addition to the ASPA and the ASV, the government also adjusts the other social assistance (RSA, APL, etc.) up to 1.8%.
Why this exception?
Social assistance, like retirement pensions, follows an essential rule. Each year, they are revalued according to the inflation rate of the previous year. For 2025, this increase will be 1.8%.
So, RSA, APL and activity bonus will benefit from this increase. Just like the specific allowances for the elderly, ASPA and ASV.
Concretely, this revaluation sets the average amount of the ASPA at around 520 euros and that of the ASV at 425 euros. The beneficiaries of these allowances will therefore benefit from this increase. And this, without worrying about possible decisions of Parliament concerning a general report of revaluations.
