Social security budget: restricting social assistance to foreigners, this proposal which makes the left jump

The Minister of the Economy Roland Lescure admits that this measure is not “the one that makes [him] the most comfortable”. In article 37 of the Social Security financing bill (PLFSS) for 2027, the government plans to restrict the access of foreigners who are not European Union nationals to family benefits and housing assistance.

In what way? Via the establishment of a one-year waiting period before these foreigners can benefit from it. Due to their particular nature, the education allowance for disabled children (AEEH), the daily parental presence allowance (AJPP) - paid to the parents of a seriously ill or disabled child - as well as the flat-rate assistance paid in the event of the death of a child are excluded from this system.

The measure, which inconveniences Roland Lescure, would however only apply to a limited field of households. The restriction on family benefits would only concern foreigners holding a residence permit not authorizing them to work, and whose status is not covered by an agreement signed between France and their country of origin. Conditions which de facto exclude many immigrants from the Maghreb, for example. If…