"The first payment was made on April 19th, retroactively, the second on June 19th, the third was made August 18th and the fourth and final support will arrive in November", according to a Government statement, issued in mid-August.

This support is intended to "reach more than one million families by bank transfer, for a global amount of 90 million euros".

Who will receive the payment?

According to DECO Proteste, payments will be made to people receiving one of the following:

  • social energy tariff;
  • solidarity supplement for the elderly;
  • social insertion income;
  • complement to the social inclusion benefit;
  • social old-age pension;
  • social disability pension;
  • social unemployment benefit;
  • family benefit up to the second level.