Overview
- Lawmakers approved the PLFSS by 247–234 in a second reading, advancing a text that pauses the 2023 pension reform until January 2028 and raises the ONDAM health‑spending target to +3%.
- Key measures include limits on initial sick‑leave prescriptions, creation of a birth leave, a higher CSG on capital in a narrowed scope, and a one‑off tax on complementary health insurers.
- Deficit projections diverge, with Health Minister Stéphanie Rist citing about €19.6 billion for 2026 under the adopted text while other outlets report figures up to roughly €24 billion.
- The bill returns to the Senate for another reading this week, with a commission mixte paritaire targeted around December 19 and a likely final Assembly vote that could come as early as December 16 if no compromise is reached.
- Political alignments were reshuffled: Socialists backed the text, RN and LFI voted against, most Ecologists abstained, and LR and Horizons split, as ministers warned the State budget will need additional savings to stay near a 5%‑of‑GDP deficit and a special law remains a contingency if talks fail.