Overview
- Lawmakers are set to prioritize an article in the 2026 social‑security budget that would pause the shift toward a 64‑year retirement age and higher contribution requirements until January 2028.
- The government will table an amendment widening the pause to long careers, "active" and "super‑active" public‑service categories, certain overseas regimes, and people born in the first quarter of 1965.
- Party lines are split: PS and RN intend to vote for, LFI, LR and Horizons plan to oppose, and most Renaissance and MoDem deputies are expected to abstain, with Greens and Communists weighing abstention.
- Costings are disputed, with the government citing about €100 million in 2026 and €1.4 billion in 2027, while the budget rapporteur warns it could reach €400 million in 2026 and €1.8 billion in 2027; earlier ideas to fund it via taxing complementary insurers and freezing benefits have been rejected in the Assembly.
- Regardless of the lower‑house vote, the bill moves to the Senate where leaders signal they will rewrite the measure, as Renaissance also pushes a separate proposal to seed €1,000 at birth into a state‑run capitalization fund for future pensions.