Laurent Wauquiez claims to have obtained from the government the revaluation of “all pensions” on January 1

Laurent Wauquiez, president of the Republican Right (ex-LR) group in the Assembly, assured on Monday, November 11, that he had reached a commitment with the government so that “all pensions” are revalued from the “half the inflation” of 1^Ahem January, with a second update for the little ones six months later.

Among its savings options for 2025, the government had proposed, within the framework of the examination of its Social Security financing bill, to postpone six months (from 1^Ahem January to 1^Ahem July) the indexation of pensions to inflation to save around four billion euros. A measure criticized even by supporters of the Barnier coalition in the Assembly.

“In fact, there will be an increase in pensions from 1^Ahem January for all retirements. “It will be approximately half of inflation.”declared Laurent Wauquiez to the TF1 news. “At 1^Ahem In July there will be a second increase, this time for the most modest pensions” For “protect them completely from inflation”he continued, specifying that only those “below the minimum wage” would benefit from this second measure.

“The Prime Minister is open to reaching an agreement. “They spoke about this issue with Laurent Wauquiez and he will soon have the opportunity to give details.”the head of government’s entourage told AFP.

An amendment in this sense should be presented during the debates on the Social Security budget in the Senate, according to an LR parliamentary source.

“For someone who has a small pension, that matters”

Laurent Wauquiez immediately quantified the benefits of the measure. “For a retiree, caregiver, who receives 1,000 euros of retirement per month (…) This will represent a profit compared to the year of 200 euros.”he stated, gratefully “modest amounts”. But “For someone who has a small pension, that counts”he justified.

To finance this revaluation, which according to him would cost “between 500 and 1,000 million” euros, the former president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region intends to seek “1 billion” in the rationalization of “administrative bureaucracy”in particular by merging certain organizations such as “France Strategy”, “the High Planning Commission”, “France 2030”AND “the Center for Prospective Studies”.

As the Social Security budget could not be examined in the time allotted to the Assembly, it was transmitted to the Senate, which will examine it starting Wednesday in committee and then in the chamber from November 18 to 23.