How much does the French president really make per month? I don't know if you've ever been curious about this question.
Anyway, the French should be quite curious, after all, every time Macron visits the people, he will be asked this question.
In fact, Macron has revealed his income on many occasions, which is about 13,000 euros (100,000 yuan) per month, and other details are unknown.
But the gossipy French didn't stop there.
Recently, after the unremitting efforts of a reporter, Macron's payroll was unexpectedly picked up!
In February of this year, a journalist named Xavier Berne asked the Elysee Palace for Macron's payroll, and the presidential palace really agreed!
So, we now see the following payslip ⬇️
△ Friends who are curious about the details can zoom in and see
The above is Macron's salary slip for January this year, and some of the confidential information on it has been processed by the Elysee Palace, but you can still see a lot of details of Macron's income.
The president's salary shows that his total salary is 16,039 euros (125,000 yuan), thousands more than he claimed.
This income is mainly made up of two parts: in addition to the basic salary of 12,457 euros, he receives a special allowance of 3,207 euros per month.
According to the Civil Service Portal, the allowance is paid on a monthly basis to reward the performance of duties based on criteria such as supervision, coordination, technical level, expertise or job exposure.
In addition, Macron, who lives in the Elysée Palace, can actually get a monthly housing allowance of 373 euros for civil servants......
There is another interesting detail in this table:
The government's rent subsidy for Macron is 2418.25 euros per month, and the size of Macron's room in the Elysee Palace can be deduced from this data.
Since the city of Paris has limited the price of rental properties in all areas, the upper limit of rent near the Elysee Palace is about 35 euros per square meter, so it can be seen that Macron's room in the Elysee Palace is about 70 square meters.
However, the 16,000 euros is only Macron's pre-tax income, and after deducting all social security contributions, Macron's final net salary is 14,586 euros.
For comparison, the average salary of a head of a listed company in France is about 37,500 euros per month.
So in terms of salary alone, Xiao Ma is considered to be the bottom of the French high-income class, and considering the responsibilities of his work, this salary is really not high.
It is said that when Macron first became president, he also found that some ministers were paid higher than the president, and he was depressed for a while......
In addition, the current salary is already the result of Macron's own adjustments:
When Sarkozy was president, he gave himself a sharp salary increase, reaching 21,300 euros after tax, and later Hollande and Macron took the initiative to reduce their salaries.
After all, he is not short of money, before entering politics he worked as a banker for Rothschild Bank, and once earned 2.4 million euros in a year and a half, 20 times the president's salary......
In addition, many of the daily expenses of him and Brigitte are reimbursed by the government, so the salary is a symbolic one for him~
In 2019, Macron also announced that he would not receive a pension after the president's retirement, which is 6,220 euros per month.
It is said that the president's payroll is open to the public, which is the first time in the history of France.
According to the provisions of the Law on Relations between the Public and the Administration, any citizen can request to consult the salary stub of the President of the Republic, but for a long time no one has been able to do so.
Because a law enacted in 1978 requires a person who asks for a payslip to prove that the act is related to a public service task, the Élysée Palace will not normally accede to such a request unless it is for an important purpose.
In 2020, a public policy researcher asked the Élysée Palace for the president's payslip, but was politely refused.
Later, the researcher appealed the Élysée to the Administrative Court, and after two years of discussion, the judge finally found that the researcher's request was reasonable, and the Élysée Palace handed her the payroll.
This time, the journalist was able to get Macron's payroll, which was also stained with the light of this verdict.
However, with this precedent, it is estimated that Macron's monthly salary will not be able to hide in the future!