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Operation Barkhane in Mali: automatic revision of military pensions to include double campaign credit

Article 206 of the 2026 Finance Act provides for the automatic revision, from their effective date, of pensions taking effect before 30 June 2024 of service members exposed to combat during Operation Barkhane in Mali between 10 January 2015 and 31 July 2022, and of their survivors, in order to credit the campaign benefits under Article L. 12(c) of the Civil and Military Pensions Code, on the same terms as pensions taking effect after that date (Decree No. 2024-635 of 27 June 2024).

Measure originators

InitiatorRDPI
Stéphane Fouassin
Rassemblement des démocrates, progressistes et indépendants
InitiatorGVT
Amélie de Montchalin
Gouvernement
Impact on public finances
Costs €1.5m (one-off)2026 estimate · State
Source of the estimate: Sénat - Amendement n° II-1442 du Gouvernement au PLF 2026 (objet) (Indirect official figure)

A positive amount is revenue or savings for public finances; a negative amount is a cost or lost revenue.

Effective date
21 February 2026

Measure impact

Applies to former service members who saw combat in Operation Barkhane in Mali between 2015 and 2022 and whose pension took effect before 30 June 2024, and to their survivors: their pension is recalculated without any application to take account of double campaign credit, with effect from the pension's effective date.

Official references

Law number: Loi n° 2026-103 du 19 février 2026 de finances pour 2026, art. 206
Official Journal: JORF n° 0043 du 20 février 2026

Procedure timeline

Follow the progress of this fiscal measure through the different stages of the parliamentary procedure.

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Completed
21 February 2026

Administrative implementation

Application

EntrĂ©e en vigueur de la mesure et mise en Ɠuvre par l'administration

Entrée en vigueur le lendemain de la publication ; révision avec effet à la date d'effet de chaque pension
Completed
19 February 2026

Possible referral to Constitutional Council

Constitutional review

Décision de conformité / censure partielle

Décision n° 2026-901 DC du Conseil constitutionnel sur la loi de finances pour 2026 : article 206 non contesté
Completed
19 February 2026

President of the Republic signature

Promulgation

Publication au Journal officiel

Loi n° 2026-103 de finances pour 2026 promulguée (JORF n° 0043 du 20 février 2026) - Article 206 : révision d'office des pensions des militaires de l'opération Barkhane pour y intégrer les bénéfices de campagne
Completed
2 February 2026

National Assembly has the final say

Parliamentary process

Si échec CMP

Actors
Sébastien Lecornu
Vote result
Adopted without a vote (Article 49.3)
Responsabilité du Gouvernement engagée en lecture définitive (article 49, alinéa 3) ; aprÚs le rejet des motions de censure, le PLF 2026 est considéré comme adopté
Completed
6 December 2025

Debate and vote

Parliamentary process
Actors
Stéphane Fouassin, Amélie de Montchalin
Vote result
Adopted
En séance, le Sénat adopte les amendements identiques n° II-1394 (M. Fouassin) et II-1442 (Gouvernement, Amélie de Montchalin au banc) insérant un article additionnel aprÚs l'article 81