Retirees in the street in Digne-les-Bains. There were around sixty of them who mobilized on the morning of Tuesday, December 3 in front of the gates of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence prefecture.
They are demanding the indexation of pensions to inflation, but also their revaluation. Retirees are angry in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. And, on the morning of Tuesday, December 3, they decided to make themselves heard.
Coming from Moriez, Sisteron or even Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban… Around sixty of them mobilized in front of the gates of the prefecture in Digne-les-Bains.
Although at the beginning of November the government announced the increase in pensions by 0.9% on January 1, 2025, this remains insufficient. “What poses a problem is the purchasing power of retirees. It's difficult, it's hard for a large majority of us. The measures, which were announced to avoid moving towards an increase in pensions which correspond to the cost of living, risk posing big problems”, confides Claude, retired for 25 years.
“Facing the daily needs of life”
Residents who, in the department, are feeling more and more difficulties, like Jolène, who came specially from Mriez.
“My retirement is becoming less and less sufficient to meet the daily needs of life. I am talking, for example, about rent, electricity, heating, multiple and varied insurance… The loss of purchasing power is phenomenal! This is the reason why at 79 years old, I am still in the street”, she exclaims at the microphone of BFM DICI.
An opinion shared by Marie-Ange, retired for almost ten years. For her, it was important to mobilize. “We are here for pensions, but also more broadly for all those who work and who have difficulty making ends meet. We want to say that this budget does not suit us,” she explains.
She adds: “The current atmosphere is rather to say that elderly people are expensive and that they are dependent. The solidarity that exists, with what was put in place between the generations after the war, is in decreasing. When we are retired, we still tend to make ourselves feel guilty.”
These retirees have no intention of letting go of this standoff with the government. A delegation was received this Tuesday, December 3 at the end of the morning in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence prefecture. The demonstrators hope to achieve progress.
