Overview
- Lawmakers voted 108–95 to reject the article during the first reading of the 2026 Social Security budget.
- The proposal sought to require vaccination during the epidemic period for EHPAD residents and, by decree, certain self‑employed health professionals, contingent on a Haute Autorité de santé recommendation.
- Renaissance, MoDem, Horizons, the Socialists, and the Greens largely supported the measure, the RN‑UDR alliance opposed it, most LFI deputies voted against, and Les Républicains split.
- Health Minister Stéphanie Rist cited 82% vaccination among residents versus 25% among staff and said residents would not be excluded, with decisions to be developed with facility leaders and patient committees.
- Opponents questioned the legal and contractual consequences for residents who refuse vaccination, highlighting unresolved operational details in the current session.