Schoolchildren, high school students, employees, retirees, travelers, motorists: all are affected by numerous changes.
As with every new school year, we will have to take into account many changes that will affect young people, employees, retirees and some professionals. Here is an overview of what you need to keep in mind at the beginning of September.
• Your withholding tax rate may change
In September, the tax authorities will reassess the withholding tax rate applied to salaries, based on the 2023 income tax return filed in the spring.
If your income has increased or decreased significantly, this rate will be changed and then communicated to your employer who will apply it to your next salaries. In some cases, your net salary may increase or decrease.
Remember that it is possible to request a change to this rate, under certain conditions, by going to your personal space on impots.gouv.fr.
• Certain retirement pensions revalued
More than a million retirees will see their pensions increased on September 1, a measure included in the latest pension reform which provides for an increase in the minimum contribution.
On average, this increase will be 56 euros net per month, in the case of a full career, with 120 quarters of contributions and a salary close to the minimum wage.
A ceiling is nevertheless provided: the monthly pension under the general scheme cannot exceed 847.57 euros per month, including revaluation.
• Airports: liquids will have to be removed from cabin baggage
For several months now, it has no longer been necessary to place these products in a separate bin. Some airports in Paris, Lyon and Marseillehave in fact equipped themselves with state-of-the-art scanners, which will streamline this stage of the checks and potentially also allow liquids of more than 100 milliliters to pass through.
But apparently the technology is flawed. The European Commission has therefore reintroduced the obligation to take these bottles out and the ban on carrying bottles with a larger capacity in one’s cabin baggage.
• In Paris, the price of SUV parking is soaring
This increase is the result of a citizen vote. And the owners of this type of vehicle will feel it since the price increase voted provides for a tripling of the price (compared to other cars) in the center going from 6 to 18 euros (1st to 11th arrondissement) or from 4 to 12 euros (12th to 20th arrondissement).
There are, however, exceptions: Parisian residents, people with reduced mobility (PRM), holders of a mobility inclusion card, professionals, taxi drivers in dedicated stations and craftsmen and health professionals eligible for the professional rate.
• Agricultural projects: significantly reduced appeal deadlines
This was one of the strong demands of the angry farmers: that the time limits for appeals against agricultural projects and hydraulic works be reduced. On September 1, they went from four to two months.
“Our farmers must put an end to procedures that, due to their length, discourage them. When a project is good, they must be able to know it quickly in order to successfully implement it. When a project is not, they must be able to know it quickly in order to look for alternatives. From now on, our farmers will have faster visibility on the compliance of their projects with the law, by purging the authorisations of any appeal in 24 months, maximum”, explained Marc Fesneau, the resigning Minister of Agriculture, last May.
• Changes at school and high school
In theory, many changes are expected in primary education with new methods in mathematics and French (from kindergarten to CE2).
In French, “the importance of a daily, sustained and systematic practice of reading and writing is underlined”, indicates the government. In mathematics, “the teaching method will be profoundly modified around the triptych ‘manipulate, verbalize, abstract'”.
The assessments must be “generalized in primary school” from CE2 to CM2. But several national education unions have already indicated that they refuse to implement them.
“Needs groups”, or level groups, must also be organized for 6th and 5th grade students in mathematics and French. “They will make it possible to respond as closely as possible to the needs of students based on the skills actually mastered,” says the government. Here again, teachers have shown their opposition to this system.
Empathy classes should also be offered in primary schools, particularly to combat bullying.
The middle school diploma should also (in theory) evolve with new assessment methods. The share of continuous assessment in the grade is thus reduced, going from 50 to 40%, the end-of-year exams therefore take on more weight in the final grade. In 2025, the diploma should become mandatory for moving up to the second year.
Finally, the reform of the vocational high school comes into force to revalue the vocational pathway. Its objectives: better support students, better respond to the need for new skills, support and promote teachers.
But the implementation of all these measures will largely depend on the next government.
• Middle and high school: the scholarship eligibility examination may be automated
When registering or re-registering, parents may opt for the automation of the scholarship eligibility examination. This choice is not mandatory and it will still be possible to use the classic procedure (applications must be submitted between September 1 and October 17).
• Sexually transmitted diseases: more tests covered
Young people under 26 can now get free testing for four sexually transmitted infections in addition to HIV. These are Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonorrhoea), Chlamydia trachomatis (chlamydia), Treponema pallidum (syphilis) and hepatitis B.
Regardless of age, these tests can be carried out without a prescription.
Olivier Chicheportiche BFM Business journalist
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