Baptiste Morin, edited by Alexandre Dalifard 3:26 p.m., February 13, 2023

While retirees thought they would see their allowances reach 1,200 euros gross per month, ministers now recognize a certain complexity.

To reach this new floor, you will have to meet three specific conditions: contribute all of your quarters, work full time and earn the minimum wage.

Who will be able to receive 1,200 euros gross per month in retirement after the reform?

The vagueness persists around this measure presented by the government as the main social advance of its bill.

For a time, pensioners thought they would see their allowances reach this new low, but ministers now recognize that it is a little more complex than that.

Finally, to receive 1,200 euros gross pension once retired, it will be necessary to fulfill a certain number of specific conditions.

It's not for everyone.

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Three conditions to respect

For this, three conditions are necessary: ​​having contributed all of its quarters, working full time and then earning the minimum wage.

In this situation, the pension will be revalued by 100 euros and will reach 1,200 euros.

This Monday morning on Europe 1, at the microphone of Sonia Mabrouk, the Minister of Transport Clément Beaune again welcomed it.

"There is a very significant revaluation, of around 100 euros, which will bring this minimum pension to 1,200 euros for people at the level of the Smic who have contributed for a full career", he underlines.

However, it is more complicated than it seems.

In reality, few retirees fulfill all these conditions.

Many have been on minimum wage, but many also have not contributed all their quarters or have worked part-time, which sometimes overlaps.

When Elisabeth Borne or Olivier Dussopt say that 1.8 million French people will see their pension increased, that does not mean that 1.8 million French people will get the 100 euros increase and therefore reach 1,200 euros in pension.

This means that they will see their pension revalued, but some by 30 euros, others by 50 euros.

According to the Institute of Public Policy, which published a note the week, less than one in 10 new retirees will be affected each year by the increase of 100 euros and therefore a pension of up to 1,200 euros.

Each year, there would be tens of thousands of new retirees.

Some put the figure at only 80,000 people each year.