Question 9646 — pensions: agricultural regime

Summary

The so-called “Chassaigne/Bello” bill, adopted by the National Assembly on February 2, 2017, was examined by the Senate on May 16, 2018 as part of the procedure provided for in Article 44, paragraph 3, of the Constitution. This bill, the main purpose of which is to increase the pensions of farm managers who have had a full career in this year to 85% of the minimum growth wage (SMIC) net. quality, goes well beyond the measure of 75% of the net minimum wage, which was implemented in full in 2017. The Government is sensitive to the situation of retired farmers, particularly those receiving the lowest levels of pensions. However, he could not be in favor of this bill as it stands. It is for this reason that three government amendments were proposed. The First Amendment consisted of postponing until January 1, 2020, i.e. after the debates which will begin on the systemic pension reform, the entry into force of article 1 of the said bill, for the sake of consistency and fairness between socially insured persons. It appears desirable for the Government to first define the new general framework of the pension system. Furthermore, and without calling into question the essential balances of the regime of non-agricultural employees, it seemed to the Government that it was legitimate to propose two improvements to the agricultural pension system. Thus, the second government amendment proposed to grant free compulsory supplementary retirement points to policyholders with full rate at the legal age or before the legal age, regardless of the condition of insurance duration necessary to obtain the full rate, such as those liquidating their retirement due to incapacity, disability or hardship. The third government amendment consisted of increasing by 5%, from January 1, 2020, the amount of the minimum retirement pension granted to operating employees, family helpers and former spouses participating in the work. Furthermore, if the measure to revalue agricultural pensions had to be adopted in its version initial, it would have encountered a financing problem, the proposal to create a tax on financial transactions, in the current competitive context, cannot be implemented unilaterally. In any case, the Government has remained attentive to ensuring that this revaluation measure, as proposed by the bill and whose cost is estimated at €350 million, is not to the detriment of assets. agricultural. The Senate rejected the bill as amended by the Government. Concerning the additional half-share of family quotient (QF) from which widowed persons benefited, the legislator decided, from the taxation of income for the year 2009, to refocus this tax advantage for the benefit only of single, divorced, separated or widowed taxpayers living alone and who supported alone on an exclusive basis or primary caretaker of a child for at least five years. Failing to respect these conditions, single people benefit from a share of QF, which corresponds to the objective of neutrality between taxpayers living alone and those living in a union. The finance law for 2018 did not plan to adjust this tax provision. With regard to other questions relating to the retirement system for non-agricultural employees, such as the calculation of retirement over the best 25 years or the methods of calculating the survivor's pension, these are subjects which are intended to be part of the overall pension reform project announced by the President of the Republic. This global reflection on the future of pension systems will notably be an opportunity to define, within the framework of the modalities for implementing a more equitable system, the place that we wishes to grant solidarity measures in the constitution of retirement rights. To this end, Mr. Jean-Paul Delevoye, who was appointed high commissioner for pension reform to Mrs. Agnès Buzyn, Minister of Solidarity and Health, has the mission of organizing consultation with the main players in the field of pensions and coordinating, at interministerial level, the work to prepare the pension reform. He will make report of its work to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Solidarity and Health. A bill will be tabled in parliament in 2019.

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