Overview
- Minimum wage increases by 1.18% to about €1,443 net a month for full‑time work, while basic pensions and social minima rise by 0.9% in January.
- La Poste lifts tariffs on January 1 with an average 7.4% increase for mail and parcels and 3.4% for Colissimo, as home insurance premiums are expected to climb roughly 8–11% and some cigarette packs add up to €0.50.
- Housing measures shift as a revised DPE calculation (lower electricity coefficient) is expected to move about 700,000 dwellings out of F/G labels, while the MaPrimeRénov’ grant is suspended from January 1 due to the missing 2026 budget.
- Vehicle technical inspections add a Takata airbag check with immobilisation for “stop drive” cases, a change the government says could affect about 1.3 million cars, with pink provisional WW plates arriving in early 2026 to aid fraud control.
- Tax rules require online declaration of monetary gifts and certain valuables from January 1, and the new paid birth leave is postponed to July 2026 with eligibility preserved for births or adoptions between January 1 and May 31.