Overview
- The government’s PLFSS seeks to shrink the Sécurité sociale deficit from €21.8 billion in 2026 to €12.7 billion in 2027 and was sent to committee review after ministers presented the text on Monday, triggering more than 1,600 amendments.
- Key savings in the draft include roughly €4.1 billion from partial de‑indexation or non‑revaluation of many pensions above about €1,265, and about €1.1 billion from freezes and recentring of family benefits.
- Health measures target roughly €2 billion of price cuts demanded from pharmaceutical firms plus transfers of some reimbursements to complementary insurers and other efficiency measures affecting hospitals and sick‑leave costs.
- A new graded tax on processed packaged products with added sugars and additives is expected to raise about €300 million a year and the bill also narrows some eligibility rules for non‑EU residents.
- Parliamentary deadlock is rising as the left threatens censure, the RN takes selective positions and the government — lacking a stable majority and facing market pressure to curb deficits — is weighing exceptional routes to pass the texts before the end‑November deadline while presidential campaigns push competing austerity plans.