In the event of censure from the government this afternoon, the under-indexation of pensions provided for in the Social Security budget will not apply: retirees will see their pensions revalued by being indexed to inflation, as provided for by law, confirmed the Minister of Labor.
Under the Social Security Code, basic pensions are increased each year on January 1, indexed to the increase in consumer prices (excluding tobacco) noted by INSEE for the previous year.
To save 3 billion euros, the government and the senatorial right had decided to modify these rules in 2025. Pensions were only to be increased by half of inflation on January 1, or +0.8% according to the executive, with a supplement on July 1 for pensions below 1,500 euros gross to arrive at +1.6%.
Without this text, the law prevails. When questioned, the Minister of Labor Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet confirmed it: “retirees would indeed be winners, if we can say that there are winners, because indeed (…) they would see their pensions indexed to the 'inflation. »
