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Retirees abroad, Carte Vitale, allowances... The government's plan to fight social fraud

2023-05-29T20:50:51.283Z

Highlights: The government is going on the attack on social fraud. This would cost the State around 30 billion euros, according to magistrate Charles Prats. The minister estimates the damage "between 6 and 8 billion euros per year for all social fraud" It will now be necessary to spend nine months of the year in the country, against six currently planned, to benefit from family allowances or the minimum old-age pension. From January 1, 2024, fraudsters will pay 10% more penalty, corresponding to the fees, says the minister.


The Minister Delegate in charge of Public Accounts Gabriel Attal announced Monday that he wants to control retirees living abroad and "strengthen" the conditions of residence in France "to benefit from social benefits", in an interview with Le Parisien.


The government is going on the attack on social fraud. This would cost the State around 30 billion euros, according to magistrate Charles Prats. In an interview with Le Parisien, the Minister of Public Accounts, Gabriel Attal, presented a series of measures including a merger of the Carte Vitale and the identity card, the obligation to reside nine months in France and the control of retirees living outside Europe. The minister estimates the damage "between 6 and 8 billion euros per year for all social fraud".

Live nine months a year in France

He first announced that he wanted to "strengthen" the conditions of residence in France "to benefit from social benefits". It will now be necessary to spend nine months of the year in the country, against six currently planned, to benefit from family allowances or the minimum old-age pension, says the minister. Similarly, for APLs, which require only eight months of presence at the moment. "From 1 July, there will no longer be any payment of social benefits to foreign bank accounts outside the European Union. From January 1, 2024, fraudsters will pay 10% more penalty, corresponding to the fees, because it is out of the question that the French pay for the fraud of those who cheat, "detailed the minister who targeted Algeria where out of "500,000 retirees outside Europe, 300,000 reside in Algeria".

The Carte Vitale merged with the identity card

Gabriel Attal assured that the government is considering a merger between the Carte Vitale and the identity card. "We can imagine a model where, from a certain date, when you redo your identity card, it automatically becomes your vital card," the minister said during an exchange with journalists, adding that a prefiguration mission would be launched by the summer and could reach conclusions by the end of the year. "Over the past five years, we have deactivated 2.3 million excess Vitale cards. The issue now is the Carte Vitale used for illegal medical tourism. People coming to France and using someone else's Carte Vitale for care," he said.

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We are going to create a thousand additional posts over the five-year period to combat social fraud and invest EUR 1 billion in information systems, in particular to better cross-reference data. This is a ten-year project for which I am setting a first step: in 2027, we will have twice as many results as in 2022. We would approach 3 billion euros straightened, "warns Gabriel Attal.

Source: lefigaro

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