After the censorship of the Barnier government, the basic rule applies: no pension will see its revaluation delayed.
Revalued, not revalued? The issue of retirement pensions has raged in recent months. The Barnier government wanted to return to the usual practice – revaluation on January 1 – to make savings.
The Social Security financing bill (PLFSS) thus mentioned a 6-month postponement, for the summer of 2025, as a way of temporarily relieving public finances. But this point quickly became a red line for the National Rally in particular, which wanted this situation not to be touched.
A compromise (0.8% in January, 0.8% in July) was found, before government censorship put things back on track: retirees will receive a 2.2% increase in their basic pensions at January 1st, as planned. All because pensions are indexed to inflation – a measure taken by Emmanuel Macron after his second election.
The measure, resulting from the Social Security Code, concerns all private employees, liberals, but also civil servants and public contract workers. Pensions will be increased by 2.2%.
It also applies to related benefits such as the solidarity allowance for the elderly (Aspa) – equivalent to the old-age minimum. For a single retiree, she will earn 22 euros (from 1,012.02 euros gross to 1,034.28 euros).
Later additions
For complementarians, the subject is more complicated. In fact, Agirc-Arrco, the private fund, recalculates pensions on November 1st. It is therefore the inflation excluding tobacco of 2025 and not 2024 which will play a role in the calculation of the revaluation. Retirees have already received an increase of 1.6 points in November 2024.
Concerning the amount of this boost, the rules are less simple: they depend on inflation but also on a negotiation between social partners. In theory, inflation is reduced by 0.4 points, but depending on the year, the unions increase or lower this penalty. This year, the board of directors of Agirc-Arrco has therefore counted on 1.6%, compared to 1.4% initially planned.
All other complementary funds chose to revaluate in January. Payments may arrive a little later in the month: the CNAV has planned to pay pensions on the 9th of each month this year.