In a joint committee, deputies and senators reach an agreement on the social security budget – Libération

The text resulting from the discussions this Wednesday, November 27 notably provides for an under-indexation of retirement pensions above the minimum wage and an increase in certain employer contributions. Threatened with censorship next week, the government also intends to increase the co-payment on medical consultations and medications.

A conclusive joint commission, but which could also end with the fall of Michel Barnier's government. By agreeing, this Wednesday, November 27, on the final content of the social security financing bill (PLFSS) for 2025, the fourteen deputies and senators who phosphorus all afternoon and a good part of the evening in a room at the Palais-Bourbon allowed the text to return to the National Assembly for a solemn vote on Monday, December 2. But faced with a certain rejection of the project by the left and the extreme right, Michel Barnier will “probably” or “certainly” activate article 49.3 which will allow the adoption of the text without a vote. The Prime Minister will then pave the way for a motion of censure in his government, which could be voted on two days later, on December 4.

The debate around this PLFSS did not focus so much on the issues of health insurance as on those linked to work and pensions. Among the most inadmissible measures in the eyes of the extreme right and left is a