Question 16084 — people with disabilities

Summary

Mr. Christophe Jerretie draws the attention of the Secretary of State, attached to the Prime Minister, responsible for disabled people, to the situation of retirees benefiting from the minimum contribution (MICO). In accordance with the presidential commitment, the implementation of a significant revaluation of the solidarity allowance for the elderly (ASPA) will be carried out by decree in order to reach a maximum amount of 903 euros per month in 2020, i.e. an increase of 100 euros per month compared to the 2018 rate, broken down into a first increase of an additional 30 euros in 2018, then two others in 2019 and 2020 to the tune of 35 euros. With a view to establishing consistency with this strong decision of solidarity, since it is intended for the most needy people, he wishes to know to what extent the minimum contribution (for employees, traders and craftsmen) and its counterpart, the guaranteed minimum (for civil servants), could also be enhanced. This would involve rewarding the value of work (since these minimum pensions are intended for workers who have had a full career but with low income, due to part-time work or an activity generating little profit) and also to implement better protection for the most vulnerable French people, like farmers and agricultural operators, self-employed people and women (the latter representing 78% of policyholders covered by MICO). Without such an upgrade of MICO, it would become of the same level in 2020 as ASPA. It should also be remembered that the MICO concerns people who have completed a full career, i.e., under current legislation, 42 years of work. Unlike the ASPA which is an allowance solidarity, the MICO is a right which must recognize 168 quarters of contributions. If the MICO is not increased, a retiree receiving a basic pension supplemented by the contributory minimum, having had the merit of contributing at least 160 quarters, risks receiving less than a person benefiting from the old age minimum (the latter having not had to work very little). If nothing is done this gap will grow. Also, he asks her to indicate whether the Government plans to revalue the MICO or, failing that, to put in place a mechanism so that the minimum old age cannot be higher than the MICO.

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