The Social Security Deficit Will Be Stronger than Expected in 2026, According to a Report
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The deficit could reach EUR 23.2 billion, a deterioration of 3.8 billion out of the EUR 19.4 billion foreseen in the "Secu" budget. However, this forecast does not incorporate the effects of the freeze on the scale of general reliefs for employers announced by the government.
The deficit could reach 'EUR 23.2 billion, or 0.8 percentage points of GDP', a deterioration of 3.8 billion out of the 19.4 billion deficit foreseen in the Social Security budget voted by Parliament in December.
The government expected to reduce the deficit in basic Social Security schemes to 19.4 billion euros. The Audit Board and the Court of Auditors have just seriously dashed his hopes.
A more degraded than anticipated fiscal trajectory The social security deficit could reach EUR 23.2 billion in 2026, according to the estimates published in the spring report of the Social Security Audit Committee, which represents about 0.8 percentage points of gross domestic product, a significant deterioration compared to the EUR 19.4 billion in the social security budget adopted by Parliament last December, mainly due to a less favourable ec…
The first of the Commission's two annual reports, which met on 28 May at the beginning of the afternoon, referred to "major uncertainties" for Social Security in 2026. It also referred, as usual, to the accounts of the past year.
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