The implementation of the Social Security Finance Acts 2019

Since the early 1990s, the French social security system has been in constant deficit (save for a short-lived remission in 2000-2001), which the 2009 economic recession pushed to unprecedented levels. Over the long term, it is faced with challenges of financial sustainability connected with a lasting slowdown in growth, the consequences of population ageing on pensions and healthcare needs, and an increase in chronic pathologies.