The pension monitoring committee, attached to François Bayrou, recommends an under-indexation of pensions

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In a document unveiled this Thursday, July 10, the body believes that the lever of pension indexation is the most appropriate way to cover the deficit in the system expected in 2030. A jury of citizens, on the contrary, believes that it would be contributions.

François Bayrou speaks about the pension conclave in Paris on June 26, 2025. (Albert Facelly/Libération)

Spared by the 2025 budget following the censure of the Barnier government , will retirees still escape, in 2026, a contribution to reduce the public deficit? A new document submitted this Thursday, July 10, to the Prime Minister's office, a few days before François Bayrou's presentation of the main guidelines of his 2026 budget, will not help their situation. The Pensions Monitoring Committee (CSR), a body attached to Matignon and responsible each year for submitting an opinion following the report of the Pensions Advisory Council (COR), recommends resorting to an under-indexation of retirement pensions in order to restore balance to the system by 2030.

The expected deficit by this time is 6.6 billion euros, according to