Social benefits, in particular the RSA, the activity bonus and family allowances, will increase by 1.6% on April 1, we learned on Wednesday from the Ministry of Solidarity and associations helping the most precarious, the latter criticizing a very insufficient increase in their eyes.
This revaluation was calculated from the average of the monthly inflation rates for one year, i.e. +5.6% compared to April 2022. But the real increase in April 2023 was reduced to +1.6% because the government took into account the exceptional 4% increase which had been granted “
anticipated
” in July 2022, the ministry told AFP.
The minister, Jean-Christophe Combe, announced this decision to the solidarity associations on Tuesday during the first meeting of a unit dedicated to "monitoring inflation
"
, indicated his cabinet.
This unit "
will meet again soon to anticipate the measures and systems necessary to protect the most vulnerable in the face of rising prices
" and "
maintain strong vigilance on the risks of falling into poverty
", we were assured of same source.
The representatives of the associations present, however, told Jean-Christophe Combe of their incomprehension, in the face of a revaluation deemed largely insufficient, told AFP Noam Leandri, president of the Collectif Alerte, which brings together 34 associations fighting against poverty.
“We found it indecent”
"
We were all unanimously shocked, we found it indecent
," said Noam Leandri.
“
We still hope that the decision will move by April 1, but I told the minister that we could not leave this without action
,” he added.
For this association manager, the “
anticipated
” increase granted from July 2022 was “
intelligent
”, since it made it possible to cope with inflation evaluated by INSEE on average at 5.2% in 2022.
However "
prices continue to rise, we are very far from reaching the end of an inflationary spiral
", he insisted.
Consumer prices have indeed increased by an average of 6.2% over one year, but at least by 14 to 15% on food and basic necessities, which constitute a significant part of the budget of precarious public, a- he insisted.