The Senate, dominated by the right-wing opposition, opposed on the night of Monday November 7 to Tuesday November 8 the project to transfer the collection of contributions from the Agirc-Arrco supplementary pension plan to Urssaf, which provides cash. of Social Security.
The reform, voted at the end of 2019, was to come into force at the beginning of 2023, despite the unanimous opposition of the social partners, from the CGT to the Medef. The government intended to postpone this deadline for a year in favor of the Social Security draft budget, examined since Monday at first reading by the senators.
The Upper House canceled the transfer by adopting by 302 votes against 28 (including the RDPI, with a Renaissance majority) a series of amendments from both the right and the left of the Chamber.
“The collection is already well done”
Alain Milon (Les Républicains, LR) and Olivier Henno (centrist) notably considered that if this reform could be justified within the framework of a reform of point-based pensions, it was no longer justified since the latter was no longer topical.
“The collection is already well done” by Agirc-Arrco, argued René-Paul Savary (LR), rapporteur for the old age branch, asking the government how it “had succeeded in such a short time in [se] upset so many people”.
“When we want to carry out a pension reform (…)it may be necessary to give a pledge of confidence » to the social partners, he added.
The Minister Delegate to the Minister of Economy and Finance, Roland Lescure, assured that he was not “There is no question of converging the regimes in any way, but of transferring the collection to the Urssaf level”highlighting “a question of collection efficiency”.
87 billion euros in revenue this year
Co-managed by unions and employers, the supplementary pension scheme for executives and private sector employees Agirc-Arrco provides a benefit to some 13 million people. Its resources come mainly from contributions based on payroll.
The leaders of the Agirc-Arrco regime had denounced in early October a risk of “capture” of their receipts (more than 87 billion euros this year) by Social Security. A fear also relayed by Marylise Léon, number two of the CFDT, who wonders if the State has not “the temptation to use the reserves of Agirc-Arrco”, and by the president of Medef, Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux.
A solemn vote on the entire Social Security financing bill – affected by the appeal to 49.3 in the National Assembly – will be organized on 15 November.