Would you be one of the 17 million retirees who will earn an additional €400 on their retirement pensions in 2025? Answer here.
A censorship that especially pleases retirees!
Instead of a revaluation of 0.8% in 2025, or half the level of inflation forecast for 2025 (1.6%) and a second increase of 0.8% on 1is July 2025 for retirement pensions below minimum wage envisaged as part of the 2025 Social Security financing bill, basic pensions will ultimately “ be revalued by 2.2% on 1is January 2025, based on inflation observed by INSEE for 2024 », Indicates the Ministry of the Budget on December 10, 2024.
This good news is the result of censorship by the Barnier government. As recalled on the site lafinancepourtous.comthe deputies of the New Popular Front and those of the National Rally voted on December 4 “ a motion of censure against the use of article 49.3 of the Constitution for the adoption of the PLFSS”.
The financial impact of pension indexation
« Watch the budget, then no partial deindexation of retirement pensions », underlines Capital magazine.
This backpedaling costs 6.5 billion euros for public finances, confirmed with the Parisianthe entourage of Laurent Saint-Martin, Minister of Budget and Public Accounts.
As explained by a member of the ministerial cabinet, “indexation is either provided for by the PLFSS, or provided for mechanically by law.”
What will ultimately be planned?
In the columns of MondeDominique Libault, president of the High Council for the Financing of Social Protection, confirms that the revaluation of the amount of pensions is now based on article L161-25 of the Social Security Code.
According to the article in question, “the annual revaluation of the amounts of benefits whose provisions refer to this article is carried out on the basis of a coefficient equal to the evolution of the annual average of consumer priceexcluding tobacco, calculated on the last twelve monthly indices of these prices published by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies the penultimate month preceding the date of revaluation of the services concerned. »
It “predicts (effectively) an annual revaluation of pensions based on inflation recorded from November 2023 to October 2024, specifies the expert.
Retirement 2025: 17 million seniors will earn €400 more
Thanks to this increase expected on January 1, 2025, the retirement average in France will pass “ from €1,512 to €1,545 net per month”, either whatever €400 more to be earned over the year.
A retiree with a pension of €2,000 net monthly will be able to receive an additional 44 euros every month, or €528 more per year. Those who receive a pension of €1,000 in 2024 will see their payment increase to €1,022 per month.
