Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on Wednesday deemed the merger project between the Vitale card and the identity card a “priority”, which he had launched when he was Minister of Public Accounts to fight against social fraud, but which gave rise to criticism. reluctance in particular at the Ministry of the Interior.
“We cannot say that there was enthusiasm from all the ministries at the time,” quipped Mr. Attal, questioned during a press conference on the fight against tax and social fraud in Bercy with the current Minister of Public Accounts, Thomas Cazenave.
“Now that I am head of government, it goes without saying that all the ministries are very mobilized on this issue, and therefore we will move forward on this subject,” he added. “I don’t believe that this project was a priority” under the previous government, “but now it is,” he also declared.
The Ministry of the Interior, but also the National Health Insurance Fund, had expressed reluctance about this project during internal debates before Mr. Attal’s decision to launch this project in spring 2023.
A measure with minimal effect?
The Cnam had estimated, in a letter addressed to the General Inspectorate of Social Affairs (Igas) and the General Inspectorate of Finance (IGF), that the measure would have only a minimal effect in the fight against fraud. “The amounts of fraud likely to be linked to fraudulent use of the Vitale card are minimal,” writes the general director of Cnam, Thomas Fatôme, in this letter.
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