The government pledged on Friday not to increase medical deductibles either in the Social Security budget, currently under consideration in the National Assembly, or by decree thereafter, said its spokesperson Maud Bregeon.
"There is no majority to increase deductibles so (...) there will be no increase in medical deductibles in the budget that is being studied today," Maud Bregeon assured on TF1.
When asked about the possibility of a subsequent increase being implemented by decree, she promised that the government "will not act without the parliamentarians".
“However, be careful, if we abandon this measure (…), we will have to find alternative savings measures, because the question of the deficit target we want, around 20 billion euros, has not changed,” the spokesperson warned.
While former Prime Minister Michel Barnier (LR) stated in Les Echos that he would not vote for the Social Security budget "as is," Maud Bregeon challenged him: "What is the alternative?" "How do we proceed since no special legislation is possible?" she asked, referring to the mechanism that would allow Parliament to authorize the State to renew its previous year's budget unchanged on January 1st.
"There was further progress yesterday on the issue of the CSG (on capital) and we will continue, there are still many hours of debate left in the National Assembly," she reminded.
The Assembly is due to vote on Friday on the revenue part of the social security budget following a day marked by intense negotiations between the government and MPs, which notably resulted in the adoption of a compromise on the key issue of the increase in the generalized social contribution on capital income.
The adoption of the revenue section is crucial since its rejection would mean the rejection of the entire text and would lead to a third reading, which would itself be decisive.
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