Members of Parliament oppose the increase in contributions for apprentices.

Amendments from various benches, from the left to the far right, were adopted by 275 votes to two, with MPs unanimously denouncing an "unfair" measure taxing the most "precarious".

Speaking on behalf of his group Ensemble pour la République, former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, also head of the presidential party Renaissance, said he did not even understand "why the government presented this measure".

Minister for Public Accounts Amélie de Montchalin defended a measure of "convergence" between apprentices earning the minimum wage and employees earning the minimum wage, given that the net income of the former is approximately 400 euros higher per year.

Earlier in the morning, MPs had rejected a measure adopted in the Senate at the initiative of the left, aimed at subjecting certain salary supplements (profit-sharing bonuses, etc.) to social security contributions when they exceed 6.000 euros per year, for salaries above three times the minimum wage.

They approved an amendment by Mayotte MP Estelle Youssoupha (Liot), modified by the government, aimed at bringing the existing employee and employer contribution system in Mayotte closer to that of the common law system.

Members of Parliament are due to vote on Friday on the revenue section of this Social Security budget, before a vote on the entire text scheduled for Tuesday.

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has once again decided to be very present in the debates and "to devote most of his day to them", according to Matignon.

He notably announced that the government would table an amendment to increase the Regional Intervention Fund (FIR) to respond to health and environmental crises in the overseas territories.