The commitment made by the previous government will be maintained, but less quickly than expected. Farmers’ basic pension will be determined based on their best twenty-five years of income, according to a schedule that will cover from the beginning of 2026 to the beginning of 2028. This measure should be included in the Social Security Financing Bill (PLFSS) . ) by 2025, which the world was able to consult an almost definitive version and which will be presented, on Thursday, October 10, to the Council of Ministers. This is a continuation of the announcements made at the end of April by Gabriel Attal, then Prime Minister, to respond to farmers’ discontent, after more than a year of intense discussions between the executive and parliamentarians of the party Les Républicains (LR ). .
This revision of the rules is a long-standing demand of the FNSEA, the most powerful organization in the profession. This requires that the basic pension of “non-agricultural employees” – mainly agricultural managers – is no longer set based on their entire professional career, but rather taking into account the most recent twenty-five years of remuneration. The implementation of such modalities aims to eliminate periods of scarcity from the calculation: therefore, the level of agricultural pensions, significantly lower than average, should be raised. It is also about correcting an injustice because the principle of the best twenty-five years already applies to other social classes: employees in the private sector, for example.
The FNSEA benefited from attentive listening since, at the beginning of 2023, Parliament adopted a bill in line with its requests. Supported by Julien Dive, deputy (LR) for Aisne, the text provided for the presentation of a report on possible scenarios for its entry into force. But this reflection work took more time than expected. Suspecting ill will on the part of those in power, the FNSEA and the right have lost patience. To put pressure on the executive, Philippe Mouiller, LR senator for Deux-Sèvres and president of the social affairs commission, presented “urgently”in the first quarter of this year, a new bill that guarantees the transition to the best twenty-five years. The text was adopted on March 26. A month later, Attal promised that this rule would become a reality from 1Ahem January 2026 – but according to a slightly different mechanism than that developed by Mr. Mouiller.
” Anger “
Today, Michel Barnier’s government reappropriates the decision taken by the former tenant of Matignon. The PLFSS modifies the method of calculating basic agricultural pensions and revisits the minimum retirement system, based on the criteria that prevail for private sector workers. These changes should lead to an improvement in the amounts awarded in many cases, in particular for people who have been affiliated to several schemes during their professional life, whose career has been interrupted or who have received “important income”indicates a preparatory document for the bill. No policyholder should lose out, although that fear existed when the transformations were designed.
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