The issue of pensions is sensitive and was debated during Emmanuel Macron’s first five-year term and the presidential elections.
The revaluation of pensions, supposed to appear in a forthcoming bill on purchasing power, will have to be “at least 4.5%, with retroactive effect from January 1“, demanded Monday nine organizations of retirees. Emmanuel Macron had announced during the presidential campaign an exceptional revaluation of basic pensions on July 1. Retiree unions are now making their demands known.
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“There is a crying need for strong signs from the government“, above all “when you see how high is the price index“, underlined Marc Bastide (CGT), during a press conference.
With inflation at 4.8% over one year in April, which could still climb to 5.4% in June according to INSEE, the approximately 17 million French pensioners are seeing their income drop again, after having already lost “more than 10%, i.e. one month’s pension“Since 2014, recalled Patrice Perret (Solidaires). At the end of 2020, the amount of a pension on average was 1,341 euros net, according to the Department of Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics (Drees).
The hope of acatch-up“consequent is now suspended from the bill on purchasing power, which the government will present before the legislative elections of June 12 and 19, as its spokeswoman Olivia Grégoire indicated on Monday. The nine unions and associations of retirees demand an increase “at least 4.5% with retroactive effect from January 1“, specified Didier Hotte (FO), adding that “if the bill does not reflect candidate Macron’s promise, we will go to confrontation“.
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