The Social Security deficit should reach 23 billion euros in 2025, an increase of 7.7 billion euros over one year, according to the Court of Auditors

“Such a situation is not sustainable in the long term,” writes the body in a report published Monday, on the eve of the start of the parliamentary examination of the social security financing bill by deputies.

The social security deficit is expected to reach 23 billion euros in 2025, an increase of 7.7 billion euros over one year, the Court of Auditors wrote in a note published Monday November 3. This estimate comes on the eve of the start of the parliamentary examination of the social security financing bill (PLFSS) by deputies.

“Such a situation is not sustainable in the long term”judges the Court of Auditors. “It requires defining a credible trajectory of return to balance, a prerequisite for the recovery of social debt by the Social Debt Amortization Fund”she adds, noting that this communication “occurs in a particular context, with a late submission of the PLFSS to Parliament and strong uncertainties about the future of the text during the parliamentary discussion”.

“In the multi-year trajectory presented in the PLFSS 2026, the deficit is not reduced by 2029, despite the integration of a significant amount of measures”also notes the Court of Auditors. She recalls that she has already “several times” underlines “the risks that such a situation would pose to the management of social security cash by Acoss (the Central Agency for Social Security Organizations)with a serious liquidity risk in the coming years”.