France is looking to raise money from pensioners: it is considering halting the increase in the highest pensions in 2027 to contain the deficit.

The French government is considering freezing the increases for high-income pensions in 2027 as part of measures to contain the national public deficit and deteriorating public accounts. The proposed adjustment targets retirees with higher incomes as authorities prepare to implement unpopular fiscal decisions.

Separately, in Ceuta, the local leader of the Vox party, Juan Sergio Redondo, has demanded that the regional government immediately initiate legal action against the administration of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez regarding the management of migration policies in the autonomous city.