A boost deemed "insufficient" in the face of inflation by the opposition.
Within the framework of the examination in first reading of a bill on the purchasing power, the French deputies voted, Wednesday July 20, a revalorization of 4% of the social services and the pensions of retirement.
This particularly concerns family allowances and the minimum income for people without resources (RSA, active solidarity income), as well as the disabled adult allowance and student grants based on social criteria.
This revaluation, voted unanimously minus two votes by the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, will take effect from July 1, 2022, retroactively, without waiting for the date of the annual automatic revaluation.
The rapporteur for the presidential majority, Charlotte Parmentier-Lecocq, defended an article which will "restore purchasing power to the French this summer".
But he does not convince the opposition.
The left-wing Nupes alliance denounced a revaluation "below inflation".
It "does not correspond in any way to the reality of inflation in our country", for its part, reacted the National Rally (extreme right).
Price increases reached 5.8% in June in France but could climb to 6.8% year on year in September, according to official data.
With AFP
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