the text arrives at the National Assembly in a tense hemicycle

After the examination of the “revenue” part of the State budget, a new stage opens in the National Assembly on Tuesday, November 4. MPs will examine the Social Security financing bill (PLFSS). There are many sensitive subjects: medical deductibles, duration of work stoppages, contributions on meal vouchers… The government has planned massive savings to reduce the Social Security deficit to 17.5 billion in 2026, compared to 23 this year. The discussions promise to be flammable, with the left denouncing “a museum of horrors”. Follow our live stream.

The Prime Minister ready for changes. Faced with criticism, Sébastien Lecornu already declared on Friday that he was ready to renounce the freezing of retirement pensions and social minimums, one of the most contested measures. The head of government made this new concession after having included the suspension of the pension reform in the text, one of the Socialist Party’s conditions for not censoring. Another hot point: the doubling of medical deductibles (patients still have to pay for consultations and medications), which would bring in 2.3 billion euros.

Pension reform discussed at the end of the review. Discussions will begin on Tuesday around 5 p.m. and are expected to last until Sunday evening. Nearly 2,500 amendments have been tabled but some will be inadmissible. The suspension of the pension reform will only be discussed at the end of the examination, unless the executive decides to advance this article as a priority. A formal vote is then planned for November 12. Even if the examination is not completed that day, the text will still be transmitted to the Senate due to constitutional deadlines.

Increase in the Social Security deficit estimated at 23 billion euros in 2025. This is the estimate published on Monday by the Court of Auditors. She expressed concern on Monday that the relief proposed by the government was “exposed to strong uncertainties”. Depending on the parliamentary debate, “we could even see a maintenance or even an increase in the deficit“, alerted its president, Pierre Moscovici.