Overview
- The Council of Ministers validated a 13‑page letter rectificative inserting the suspension into the 2026 Social Security financing bill, pausing the move toward a legal retirement age of 64 and higher required quarters until January 2028.
- The document prices the pause at €100 million in 2026 and €1.4 billion in 2027, funded by lifting the levy on complementary health insurers from 2.05% to 2.25% in 2026 and by deeper under‑indexation of pensions in 2027, atop a 2026 benefits freeze.
- Cohort details are specified, including allowing the 1964 generation to retire at 62 years and nine months instead of 63, with full‑rate eligibility held at 170 quarters for that cohort.
- Unions CFDT and CGT condemn shifting the cost onto retirees and policyholders, LFI and the RN also attack the funding choices, and the Socialist Party signals support for the inscription but demands additional tax‑justice measures under threat of censure.
- Sébastien Lecornu says the financing is not final and could be amended during debate; parliamentary examination of the PLFSS opens Monday, with an Assembly deadline set for November 12.