Overview
- The RN amendment, adopted Monday by 27–24, passed against the government's and the bill rapporteur's advice during debate on a social and tax fraud package.
- The measure sets a floor fine at three times the undue benefit and lifts it to five times on a first repeat offence, with social benefits suspended from a third offence.
- Under current law, penalties scale with the severity of the case and are capped at four times the monthly social security ceiling, which stands at €4,005 in 2026.
- Left-wing bids to tighten action on tax evasion failed, including a Socialist plan to create a registry of artworks worth more than €50,000 to help track assets.
- Voting cut across party lines, with the left opposed and LR, Renaissance and Horizons split, while one MoDem deputy voted in favor and another abstained.