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Pension reform

From 1 Sep 2026

Retirement in a long career: what will be your rights from September 2026?

Publié le 15 juillet 2026 - Public Service / (Prime Minister)

You started working before the age of 21? If this is the case, you can possibly benefit from an early departure. With the suspension of the pension reform, the rules are amended from 1^er September 2026 and the age can be advanced by a few months under certain conditions.

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The 2023 pension reform provided for a gradual increase in the statutory retirement age to 64. She was suspended until 2028 under the Social Security Financing Act for 2026.

A decree of 7 May 2026 clarified how to implement the suspension of the pension reform for long careers. The new rules will allow some policyholders who started working young to leave a few months earlier. The new calculation method applies persons born between 1964 and 1970 who fulfill the conditions for a long career.

You can consult on the Pension Insurance website an up-to-date table showing for each year of birth (from 1964) the possible age of departure for a long career.

And you can already estimate your rights with the Info Retraite simulator : simply enter your year of birth and the age at which you started working.

Warning

Only insured persons whose retirement takes effect from 1^er September 2026 are concerned.