Retirement question- Pension from UK and France

Stella · 16 September 2019 11:03

@Brian_Furzer will probably know the answer… but this link makes interesting reading.

"Aggregation" of French and UK pensions Pensions

Hello All Does anyone have experience of a career split between UK and France (contributions in both) and retiring in France? There was a thread 3 years ago, but things change! I have seen documents on Europa e.g. (https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/retire-abroad/state-pensions-abroad/index_en.htm) Is this how it has worked in practice? The French authorities do the calculation at age 62+ for their pension, then redo the calculation in 2 ways at UK retirement age, to compare the national pensions and a “theoretical” pension if all the time had been worked in France (I assume this is the aggregation principle referred to in reports of Brexit negotiations). I have had an interview (and pension simulation) with CNAV, but it didn’t seem to be as described on the Europa website. (And in a more recent simulation, the UK contribution credits have dropped off). Clearly Brexit could change everything, but in the first instance I was wondering if currently the French pension aut…