MEPs vote to droop unemployment advantages in case of suspicion of fraud | EUROtoday

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Jean-Pierre Farandou, Minister of Labor, at the National Assembly, February 25, 2026.

Examination of the textual content was suspended, however the deputies adopted certainly one of its most controversial measures: the momentary cessation of the cost of unemployment advantages within the occasion of suspicion of dishonest. On the night time of Friday February 27 to Saturday February 28, round midnight, the National Assembly interrupted its work on the invoice referring to the battle towards social and tax fraud. It will resume them on a date which isn’t but recognized, the elected representatives of the Palais-Bourbon being known as to sit down once more from March 23, after the break linked to the municipal elections.

The article in query was launched throughout the first studying of the textual content within the Senate, in October 2025. It strengthens the tasks and expands the motion capabilities of France Travail, the institution which is accountable for compensating job seekers. Its brokers will now be approved “to process connection and traceability data” contained within the “information system” of the general public operator. They can even have the chance to query the providers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which maintain “the register of French people established outside France”.

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