Question 8587 — overseas

Summary

Mr. Moerani Frébault questions the Minister of State, Minister for Overseas Territories, on the consequences that the reform of exemptions from social charges provided for under the LODEOM regime could have, as envisaged for the social security financing bill for 2026. The joint report from the General Inspectorate of Finance and the General Inspectorate of Social Affairs, published in May 2025, makes several proposals which aim to standardize the system, in particular by removing the specific regimes applicable to certain territories (Guyana, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy) and by establishing a single scale for all overseas companies, regardless of their sector, size or location. These guidelines are causing serious concern across all overseas territories. They raise fears of an increase in labor costs, a reduction in qualified employment and an increased weakening of small businesses, in territories already marked by high unemployment rates, a lack of attractiveness for qualified labor and structural costs higher than those in France. If French Polynesia is not directly concerned by LODEOM due to its autonomy in matters of social security and labor law, the structural difficulties and The economic imbalances it faces are comparable to those of the DROMs. This is why this reform, even if targeted, calls into question the Government's overall vision in terms of differentiated support for economic activity in overseas territories. Furthermore, the MP questions the robustness of the economic hypotheses retained in the report, in particular the use of data from the year 2021, strongly marked by the health crisis and the failure to take into account recent reforms relating to general reductions in charges. He also notes a contradiction between these guidelines and the statements made by the Minister of the Economy before the Senate in May 2025, according to which the Government does not wish to increase the burdens on businesses. In this context, he asks him if the Government intends to renounce any reform purely budgetary of LODEOM, for the benefit of more in-depth, concerted work adapted to the diversity of economic and social realities overseas, including those of the communities governed by article 74 of the Constitution.

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