Overview
- More than 2.2 million households are set to receive the annual payment, according to the Labour Ministry.
- Payments are made automatically to usual beneficiaries, with no application required.
- Media cite last year’s reference amounts as unchanged for 2025, including €152 for a single person and €320 for a couple with two children.
- The government had examined narrowing eligibility to households with children to save roughly €200 million, a move dropped during parliamentary debate.
- Created in 1998 under Prime Minister Lionel Jospin after pressure from unemployed activists, the bonus has been renewed each year as targeted support for people on minimum-income benefits.