Social security accounted for a surplus of EUR 4,415.8 million by July, above EUR 3,214.9 million reported over the same period of 2025, according to the summary of budget implementation.
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31/08/2026
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The document, released today by the Budgetary Entity (former DGO-Directorate-General of the Budget), revealed that the actual income of Social Security reached EUR 27,632.6 million, a value higher than EUR 25,459.7 million of 2025.
In turn, the actual expenditure was EUR 23,216.8 million, compared with the EUR 22,244.8 million added up in the same period of the previous year.
Between January and July, items such as complementing the extraordinary support for children and young people (40.5%), complementing the social benefit for inclusion (39.8%) and supporting the informal caregiver (21.1%) stand out.
In the opposite direction, there are items such as the extraordinary pension updating portion (-33%), current grants – Operational Programmes (-9.5%) and vocational training actions supported by the European Social Fund (-9.3%).