Question 17978 — family

Summary

Mr. Bartolomé Lenoir draws the attention of the Minister of Health, Families, Autonomy and People with Disabilities to the budgetary guidelines envisaged for 2027 concerning family policy. A joint report from the General Inspectorate of Finance (IGF) and the General Inspectorate of Social Affairs (IGAS), published at the end of July 2026, proposes a set of savings measures estimated at 4.2 billion euros, of which 2.5 billion in the short term. These measures aim in particular to eliminate the 10% pension increase for parents of three or more children, replaced by a flat rate of 125 euros (targeted saving: 1.1 billion euros); the elimination of the tax reduction for tuition fees for middle and high school students (450 million euros); the 20% reduction in the resource ceilings governing family allowances, as well as the elimination of these allowances for the wealthiest households (900 million euros in total); the 10% reduction in the family quotient ceiling (580 million euros); the reduction in the free choice of childcare supplement (CMG), already reformed in September 2025 (75 million euros); a review of the tax advantages linked to employment at home. The MP recalls that French family policy, resulting from ordinances of 1945, is based on a contributory principle: it was designed to support the renewal of generations and compensate, for families, the effort made in the education of children. He underlines that these trade-offs take place in a context of deep demographic crisis, the number of births having decreased by 24% since 2010, and where the long-term sustainability of the pay-as-you-go pension system depends directly from demographic renewal. These guidelines therefore raise serious questions regarding the objectives of supporting the birth rate that the Government nevertheless claims to defend. The MP also observes that the majority of households affected by these measures belong to the middle classes rather than the wealthiest categories, contrary to the stated objective. Consequently, he wishes to know for what reasons the Government commissioned this report from the IGF and IGAS and what was the exact mission letter addressed to the inspections; what action the Government intends to give to these recommendations within the framework of the finance bill for 2027; if the Government undertakes to preserve the contributory nature of the pension increase for large families; and finally, how he intends to reconcile these savings with the objective, reaffirmed on several occasions, support for the birth rate and French demographics.

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1. 8 September 2026

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