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On November 1, the purchasing power of around 200,000 farmers will improve. Their pensions will be upgraded to the tune of 85% of Smic versus 75% currently. Denis Sébastien and Philippe Fivet, journalists at France Télévisions, met a couple of dairy farmers who will benefit from this measure.
In Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey in Ain, a couple of dairy farmers will benefit from a measure that will increase the purchasing power of the household. Today they are retired, but they have spent an entire lifetime tending to a herd of 25 dairy cows. “You shouldn’t be sick, we worked 7 days a week”, explains André Berbollat. They have been living on 1,000 euros per month for many years. 840 euros in pensions for the gentleman and less than 200 for the lady who worked on the farm for a long time without being declared.
“I have contributed all my life and I get so little, but it’s absurd. For shopping, it’s complicated, you can’t buy much. If we weren’t living in the countryside, that would be a problem. disaster, we would live under bridges. Fortunately we are owners, fortunately we cultivate in our garden “, adds André Berbollat.