The new calculation focuses on individual resources
The decree of 11 May 2023 set the commencement date and removed the partner-income calculation and the income ceiling applied to couples. Eligibility and the recipient’s own resources still mattered. [1]
Existing recipients had a protective comparison
Official guidance explained that the benefits agencies would compare the old and new calculations for existing recipients. Where the previous method was more favourable, it could continue until that was no longer the case. Once the individual calculation applied, the change was definitive. [2]
The campaign described the impact on daily life
APF France handicap linked the reform to years of mobilisation, petitions and parliamentary advocacy. On its campaign page, a member identified as Stéphanie described losing her allowance because of her husband’s income and becoming financially dependent on him.