From January 1, 2025, retirees will receive encouraging news regarding the increase in their basic retirement pension. After announcing a freeze for a period of 6 months, the government is considering a retraction to avoid suffocating pensioners.
With a view to restoring public finances, the State continues to explore avenues and retirees are very often concerned. Indeed, the government recently took the decision to postpone the revaluation of basic pensions to save money. This news aroused the anger of retired pensioners, but also of those who plan to leave in the coming months. To avoid the impact of this frost on the small retreatsthere was a rumor about the transfer of an exceptional check, but nothing concrete until now. Furthermore, it seems that the government is finally considering revaluing all pensions on January 1 as initially planned in the calendar.
Retirement: a partial revaluation for all retirees
Finally some good news
The government's turnaround came as a surprise. Indeed, Michel Barnier and his government planned a total freeze of retirement pensions for a period of six months. However, Laurent Wauquiez, president of the Republican Right group, would have managed to find a compromise with Matignon. This is how he revealed on Monday on TF1 that a revaluation would take place in January for all retirees. He still clarified that she would be at the half of inflation and that a second increase with retroactive effect would take place in July for small pensions.
A tangible example taken by Laurent Wauquiez
To support his remarks, Laurent Wauquiez took the case of a caregiver who receives a pension of €1,000 per month, explaining that with the increase, she would earn €200 more per year. He justified his statements in these terms: “It was unacceptable that retirees were made the scapegoats for the waste that had occurred.”. According to calculations carried out by the elected representative of Haute-Loire, one in two retirees is affected by the double augmentation scheduled for 2025. To find out how much your pension will increase on January 1, make a calculation based on prices excluding tobacco and €ster rates.
Protecting small pensions from pension lags
If the pension freeze was maintained, this should allow the government to save four billion euros out of the sixty needed for the 2025 budget. Laurent Saint-Martin, the Budget Minister, suggested last Tuesday that Matignon was ready to find a temporary solution to protect small pensions the postponement of the revaluation for six months. A discussion was to take place to reflect on a compensation in July to avoid affecting the 2025 purchasing power of retirees. Prime Minister Michel Barnier said he was ready to change the decision to freeze pensions provided that MPs found other ways to save money.
Something new for retirees
In addition to the partial revaluation in January 2025, employers and numerous unions managed to agree on new rules concerning employment of seniors and unemployment insurance. This agreement allowed the establishment of a CVE intended for job seekers aged 60 and over to simplify their recruitment, underlines Cnews. The experience promotion contract stipulates that the employee must communicate to the employer the age at which he wishes to retire at full rate. This new text will promote gradual retirement.
Revaluation of pensions: what will be the impact of this partial increase?
A revaluation that will cost billions of euros
According to the leader of the Republican Right, the partial increase which will take place in January risks costing between 500 million and 1 billion euros. A sum that Laurent Wauquiez plans to recover with savings on administrative bureaucracy. “We have around a hundred organizations carrying out studies which have developed and whose budget is exploding. he pointed out.
A retirement system possible from age 60
The new progressive retirement system will still be accessible from the age of 60 thanks to the CVE agreement, although the 2023 pension reform had already planned to raise this age. Remember that this system allows an employee to work part time while contributing at full rate.
