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The suspension of the pension reform secured Socialist support in a 247-232 vote amid efforts to resolve France's political deadlock and debt concerns.
- On December 16, 2025, France's Assemblée Nationale adopted a 2026 social security budget that suspends the 2023 reform to raise retirement from 62 to 64, approved by 247 votes.
- Amid political deadlock, lawmakers suspended the 2023 retirement-age reform as a concession that secured Socialist support while Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu promised to deliver a budget after predecessors were ousted.
- Tuesday's vote was notable because it marked the first budget adopted without using article 49.3 of the constitution since 2022, with MPs facing pressure as negotiations start on Friday.
- If MPs and senators fail to agree by year's end, the government can extend the budget, while a joint committee's deal could lead Socialists to abstain and the Greens to oppose.
- France faces pressure to rein in its deficit and soaring debt, and political gridlock previously delayed adoption of France's 2025 budget, underscoring instability as it seeks a 2026 spending plan.
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The pension reform was one of the most important projects in the second term of Emmanuel Macron. Now it has finally stopped Parliament. Nothing will change until 2027.
After two months of lively parliamentary debates, the deputies adopted on Tuesday the budget of the Social Security for 2026 The National Assembly finally passed Tuesday the financing law of the
The National Assembly adopted this Tuesday, with 15 votes in favour, the draft law on the financing of social security 2026. Unlike 2025, France will therefore have a budget from the Sécu to begin the year. What does it contain? We take stock. - Retirements, work stoppages... What is contained in the definitively adopted budget of social security 2026? (Policy).
The lower house of the French parliament, the National Assembly, today approved a social security budget that includes the postponement of an unpopular pension reform, the French news agency AFP reported. It is the first of two budget laws that must be passed before December 31.
French MPs adopt social security budget, suspend pension reform
France's lower house of parliament, the Assemblée Nationale, adopted a social security budget for 2026 on Tuesday. The bill suspends implementation of a pension reform in a concession to secure the backing of Socialist MPs.
The PLFSS for 2026 expects the social security deficit to reach less than EUR 20 billion next year, slightly less than the 23 billion expected for the current year.
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