Overview
- Deputies adopted the suspension in first reading by 255 to 146, delaying the rise to a 64‑year legal age until January 2028 and shifting contribution‑quarter requirements, with partial extensions for long careers.
- The government invoked Article 47‑1 to halt lower‑house debate and transmit the amended social‑security budget to the Senate with all adopted amendments, after no final vote on the whole text.
- The executive estimates the suspension will cost about €300 million in 2026 and €1.9 billion in 2027, with financing debates intensified by competing revenue and savings changes.
- The Assembly deleted several contested savings measures, including pension and minima freezes, a mutual‑insurer surtax and broader medical co‑pays, while approving a CSG increase on capital income projected to raise roughly €2.8 billion and a €1 billion boost to health spending targets.
- Separately on the state budget, deputies rejected the government’s plan to replace the 10% pension tax abatement with a €2,000 flat deduction, and more than 2,100 amendments on the revenue section leave the timetable and votes uncertain before the Nov. 23 transmission deadline.