The pension reform advocated by Emmanuel Macron will unfortunately not change anything in Michel's situation: with a monthly pension of 850 euros - well below the poverty line, set at 1100 euros - this former driver has great difficulty in joining the two ends.
"Stay in the nails" by calculating its least expenses
Former beneficiary of the allowance for disabled adults (following two herniated discs), he stopped receiving it when he began to receive his pension.
And this barely allows him to pay his rent, his energy bills and to feed himself… albeit sparingly.
As he refuses to go to the
Restos du Coeur
("Because there are people even more unhappy than me"), he tries to "stay in the nails" by calculating his smallest expenses: "fortunately the memory hasn't left me, smiled the old man.
I don't yet need to have the calculator in hand to know how much I've reached when I go shopping”.
Discover his fragile daily life in this video from our partner Brut.
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