Question 11177 — pensions: general

Summary

Mr. Ian Boucard draws the attention of the Minister of Solidarity and Health to the transformation of the current survivor's pension system. Indeed, the survivor's pension is a system which allows, after the death of a person, to pay back part of the rights acquired by them to the surviving spouse or ex-spouse. It is a mechanism of solidarity which allows an extension in death of the links which united couples of their lifetime. However, the pension reform planned for next year tends towards a narrowing of the scope of current survivor's pensions or even a total disappearance, even if its effects are extremely important for the beneficiaries by allowing them to live more with dignity. Today, the survivor's pension concerns more than 4.4 million people in France. So many people who have lost their spouse or ex-spouse and who find themselves with much fewer resources. However, in his speech at the Versailles Congress, the President of the Republic showed ambiguity by declaring that survivor's pensions will not change for current beneficiaries without elaborating further on the situation of future beneficiaries. In addition, the minister's announcements during questions to the Government on July 10, 2018 are also proof of contradictions when she asserts that survivor's pensions will only concern women who have not worked, who have taken care of their children or who have worked alongside their husbands without contributing before changing your mind before the Senate. This could imply that women who have worked would no longer benefit from this pension in the future. These statements raise questions because this reform is exclusively dictated by accounting logic without taking into consideration its extremely significant effects for people who have lost their spouse or ex-spouse. Also, he asks him if the Government wishes to preserve current survivor's pensions, if necessary what precisely it wishes to undertake in the pension reform concerning this solidarity mechanism to the extent that your declarations and those of the President of the République report strong ambiguities, in order to no longer penalize this part of the population which has already suffered the increase of more than 25% in the CSG as well as the elimination of the half share for widows.

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