Overview
- The revenue section of the 2026 Social Security bill passed 176–161, allowing the Assemblée nationale to proceed to the expenditures chapter.
- Deputies adopted targeted measures including a tax on alcoholic energy drinks, a CSG increase on certain capital income estimated to raise about €2.66 billion, enhanced transparency on drug prices, near‑mandatory Nutri‑Score labeling with exemptions, and a new tax on hexane.
- Lawmakers approved a mandatory minimum contribution for non‑EU long‑stay ‘visitor’ retirees to access PUMa, a move aimed notably at American retirees, with exemptions for refugees and countries covered by bilateral agreements (176–79).
- Several government proposals were removed or reversed, including the CSG bracket freeze, an 8% levy on meal vouchers and holiday checks, and the end of apprentice payroll exemptions, while MPs also extended an overtime payroll break and raised employer charges on severance-style payouts.
- Parties shifted by amendment as RN and much of the right opposed key changes, parts of the left backed passage to enable the pensions debate, and the text now heads toward a full vote on November 12 before moving to the Senate.