Current employer asking would I consider relocating to France

[larkswood12]

@Gareth

I posted this on the thread Martin Lewis’s advice on topping up pensions - I’ve tried to paste it below, looks like it works.

The main thing I think is you can [must?] get a France pension for the years paid into France using the years also paid in the UK to qualify for the France minimum. You then get the pensions from each country pro-rata (? for France) for each year of contribution. BTW, I’d suggest it’s definitely worth topping up the UK pension if you can - the ‘payback’ is about 3 or 4 years - I can’t remember exactly.

I hope this is a pleasant surprise for you!

@larkswood12

@larkswood12

I do recall something though where under the social security coordination rules, contributions in each member state can count towards qualifying for the minimum number of years to receive a pension in each state.

Being curious I’ve looked this up - it’s Article 6 - aggregation. Isn’t EU social security co-ordination wonderful

"2. Aggregation (Article 6)

This principle guarantees that previous periods of insurance, work or residence in other countries are taken into account in the calculation of benefits. If, for example, national legislation requires a worker to have been insured or employed for a certain period of time before they are entitled to certain benefits, the aggregation principle means that the competent Member State must take account of periods of insurance and employment completed in another Member State."

From an EU factsheet

Social security cover in other EU Member States | Fact Sheets on the European Union | European Parliament .