This is one of the solutions proposed by the government to try to fight against inflation.
According to a document consulted by AFP on the future “purchasing power” bill, the executive plans to increase several social benefits by 4%.
Promise of candidate Emmanuel Macron, the "purchasing power" bill, the executive's response to the acceleration of inflation, must be presented in early July to the Council of Ministers but its adoption by Parliament promises to be an obstacle course, for lack of an absolute majority in the National Assembly for the presidential camp.
This boost should, however, be retroactive to July 1.
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Against the backdrop of a troubled geopolitical context due to the conflict in Ukraine, inflation, which is expected to average 5.5% in 2022, has become the subject of a bitter political battle between the oppositions and the executive.
This Monday morning, on RMC-BFMTV, Bruno Le Maire repeated that France was currently in full swing.
retirement pensions
As Elisabeth Borne had announced even before the results of the legislative elections, retirement and disability pensions under the basic schemes will be affected by the 4% increase.
The solidarity allowance for the elderly (Aspa) should also increase, according to the project consulted by AFP.
RSA
Family benefits and social minima will also benefit from the increase planned by the government, if the law is adopted, starting with the active solidarity income (RSA).
Allowance for disabled adults
Another aid concerned, the allowance for disabled adults (AAH), which confirms information initially revealed by Les Échos.
This aid has been the subject of debate for many months, with many calling for its “individualization” for people in couples, which the government refused to do during a calculation revision law last year.
APL on the rise and rent increase capped
The APLs will be revalued by 3.5% in order to "protect those who have the greatest difficulties" so that they can "pass this course of inflation", announced the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, this Monday morning on RMC-BFMTV.
The increase in rents will be precisely capped at 3.5%.
Incentive scheme
According to the bill partially consulted by AFP, the text also wants to open up the possibility of setting up a profit-sharing scheme by the employer even without a branch agreement or with staff representatives.
The objective is to allow employees to benefit from the sharing of the value created in the company.
These increases programmed in the "purchasing power" bill - which should cost "a little less than 7 billion at the end of 2022, and 8 billion by April 2023" according to Les Echos - are only one part of the measures concocted by the government to respond to rising prices.
These are unveiled in dribs and drabs, such as the 4% increase in the activity bonus, the inflation check, the unfreezing of civil servants' salaries, the tariff shield on energy or even the tripling and sustainability of the purchasing power premium.
