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Keywords: Social Security
France is opening a new chapter in the debate over the long-term sustainability of its social protection system after President Emmanuel Macron commissioned a panel of four independent experts to examine how the country's welfare model should be financed in the decades ahead. The initiative reflects......
Unemployment benefits in France will not be increased on July 1, after a vote within the country’s unemployment insurance body, Unédic, ended in a deadlock, according to an announcement made on Tuesday. The decision follows a board meeting in which votes in favor of a revaluation of benefits......
Germany is reportedly exploring far-reaching reforms to its pension system, including a potential gradual increase in the retirement age to as high as 70, as policymakers seek to address mounting financial pressure caused by demographic change. A government-appointed expert commission, established under......
France will introduce new regulations limiting the duration of medical sick leave prescriptions starting from September 1, according to an official decree published in the government’s legal journal. Under the new rules, an initial sick leave prescription will be limited to a maximum of 31 days,......
France’s social security collection agency, Urssaf, announced that it recovered over €1.5 billion in 2025 by combating undeclared work. The initiative targets workers who do not report income, depriving both themselves and the public system of social contributions. Undeclared work represents......
France’s Senate has voted to strike down a provision in the 2026 Social Security Financing Bill that sought to temporarily halt the government’s contentious pension reform. The measure would have pushed the planned rise in the retirement age to January 2028, but lawmakers rejected the suspension......
Paris — The French government expects the Social Security deficit to shrink to €17.5 billion in 2026, down from a record €23 billion in 2025, according to the latest draft of the Social Security Financing Bill (PLFSS). Officials attribute this improvement to a slower......
Since 2020, Morocco has allocated more than MAD2 billion to its unemployment benefit program, known as Indemnité pour Perte d’Emploi (IPE), yet reforms to expand and improve the system remain pending. Managed by the National Social Security Fund (CNSS), the scheme has so far reached only......
The challenges of being self-employed in Spain extend far beyond managing day-to-day business operations. For autónomos, retirement pensions represent another significant hurdle, as they receive markedly less than their salaried counterparts, despite contributing a similar percentage of their......