05 Feb 2020 02:30
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They are 49,819 still alive, according to a complex counting carried out by the Defense services. So far, all requests to extend the benefit of the card to these soldiers have been rejected. Reason put forward by successive governments: "It was no longer in wartime," said the cabinet of the Secretary of State for Veterans Affairs, Geneviève Darrieussecq.
Concretizing the campaign promise of candidate Macron to remedy this injustice, she signed a decree last December 12 allowing these conscripts who helped maintain security in Algeria for at least 120 days after independence to finally obtain the "AC" card and with it, national recognition.
“It's not nothing, admits Francis Pierré, it will allow me in particular to receive an additional pension of 750 euros per year and to benefit from an additional half tax share. That will compensate for the elimination of the half-widower who I am … "quips the former soldier who ended up in Algeria from July 1963 to June 30, 1964.
Francis is far, very far, from being the latest to assert his rights. According to the State Secretariat, by the end of July, 27,000 requests had already been examined by the national commission and 19,000 veterans' pensions were liquidated. Geneviève Darrieussecq expects that at the end of the year 30,000 of the potential beneficiaries will have applied for a card. There will therefore remain 20,000 to be informed of their rights.
This measure is not completely neutral since an annual envelope of 30 million euros has been budgeted, mainly to finance additional retirement.
Called for more than thirty years by veterans associations, this extension of the right to compensation has been unanimously welcomed.
Significant advantages
France today has 950,000 veterans, 800,000 of whom have experienced the conflicts in North Africa . Veterans' card holders are entitled to several significant benefits. Some are symbolic, such as the fact that the family is officially authorized, during their funeral, to cover the coffin with a tricolor sheet. Likewise, these former soldiers are awarded the combatant's cross.
But other benefits are measured in hard cash. Thus, holders of the veteran's card have the right to the “combatant's retirement” which amounts to 751.40 euros per year and which is combined with a professional retirement pension. A detail: it is not transferable to the heirs in the estate of the deceased.
Another advantage is that veterans receive half their income tax from the age of 74. They also have access to services and social assistance from the National Office for Veterans and War Victims. Finally, they are entitled to the constitution by capitalization of a mutualist pension increased by the State from 12 to 60% depending on the case.
To make it easier to take into account your Inclusion Mobility Card mentioning Parking (CMI-S) or your European Parking Card for disabled people (CES) during checks, you can register your free parking rights via the parking teleservice residential . This referencing is for people residing in Paris holding a CMI-S or a CES.
The request for referencing a vehicle used regularly in Paris makes it easier for controllers to recognize free parking rights.
The request for referencing a vehicle, used regularly in Paris, with the services of the City of Paris makes it possible to facilitate the recognition of the parking rights of the disabled person by the officers responsible for controlling paid parking in Paris. .
This referencing is open to holders of the European Parking Card (CESPH) or the Inclusion Mobility Card - Parking mention (CMI-S), in main residence in Paris:
Either for their own vehicle registered in their name and surname and Parisian address
Or for the vehicle registeredDonate cars for veterans in the name and first name of a member of their family (spouse, ascendant or descendant) regularly accompanying the beneficiary, living at the same Parisian address or at another Parisian address.
Only one vehicle listing is assigned per request. Two requests are possible for the same beneficiary, if the requests concern several family members accompanying him. The approach is voluntary, this referencing is free.
The affixing of the original European Parking Card or Inclusion Mobility Card - mention parking, behind the windscreen in a conspicuous manner, remains mandatory when parking the vehicle.
