retirement pensions “will all be increased by 5.2% on January 1, 2024”, announces Bruno Le Maire

“The goal is to protect all retirees against inflation.” Retirement pensions will increase by 5.2% at the start of next year, announced the Minister of the Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, in an interview with readers of the Parisian.

“They will all be revalued by 5.2% on January 1, 2024,” said the minister, in response to a reader’s question on pensions. Bruno Le Maire adds that social minimums “will be revalued on April 1 by around 4.6%”, “i.e. 28 euros per month for the RSA”.

An ongoing revaluation of small pensions

At the same time, a third of the 1.7 million retirees affected by the increase in small pensions are currently starting to benefit from this increase. This is 100 euros per month for a complete career at minimum wage, a prorated amount for incomplete careers.

“600,000 will receive this increase from the fall, in the coming weeks and in particular on the September retirement payment, Olivier Dussopt, Minister of Labor, announced in early September. For the others, this will be staggered until the beginning of 2024, because many policyholders have contributed to several different funds, so we need to rebuild careers.”he explained to France 2’s “Quatre Vérités”.

If retirees do not receive this revaluation “that in February or March 2024, it will be retroactive and therefore we will pay them everything we should have paid them since September 1”assured the minister.