Social security 2021

The COVID-19 outbreak caused the highest social security deficit in 2020 at 1.7 percentage points of GDP. Close to balance in 2019 and after experiencing an unprecedented deficit in 2020 (-EUR 39.7 billion), the compulsory basic social security schemes and the Old Age Solidarity Fund (ASF) will still experience a strong financial imbalance in 2021 (-EUR 34.8 billion of projected deficit). Beyond 2021, the outlook for developments annexed to PLFSS 2022 foresees a social security deficit as a whole of around EUR 15 billion by 2024. From now on, it is certain that the ceiling of EUR 92 billion authorising the resumption of deficits by the Cades for the financial years 2020 to 2023, set by the Law of 7 August 2020, will not cover the 2023 deficit. In order to preserve this essential link of cohesion and solidarity, it is necessary, once the crisis is behind us, to start a path of returning to the financial balance of our social security system, with the aim, first of all, of limiting the increase in social debt and then of undertaking its gradual reduction. To this end, the Court makes 44 recommendations.新冠疫情（COVID-19）暴发致使2020年社保赤字达到GDP的1.7个百分点，为历史峰值。2019年该体系基本实现收支平衡，在2020年创下397亿欧元的空前赤字后，强制性基本社会保障计划（compulsory basic social security schemes）及老年团结基金（Old Age Solidarity Fund, ASF）在2021年仍将面临严峻的财政失衡，预计赤字规模达348亿欧元。2021年之后，2022年社会保障融资法案（PLFSS 2022）所附的发展展望预计，到2024年整体社保赤字将达到约150亿欧元。 自即日起，由2020年8月7日法案所设定的、允许Cades在2020至2023财年动用赤字额度的920亿欧元上限，将无法覆盖2023年的赤字规模。 为维系这一承载社会凝聚力与团结精神的核心纽带，在后疫情时代，我们有必要启动社会保障体系回归财政平衡的进程，首要目标为遏制社保债务规模扩张，随后逐步推进债务削减工作。为此，审计法院共提出44项建议。