The measure, which also aims to remove certain privileges granted to the former presidents of the Republic, could allow the State to save 2.8 million euros.
Against the government’s advice, the Senate adopted on Wednesday January 22, 2025 on Wednesday 2025 amendment to end the advantages of the former prime ministers, but also of the former presidents of the Republic. “Overall, they are not great needy in the Republic, they all have a number of pensions and all have consultant positions. I have checked, no one is at the Restos du Coeur”, put forward Nathalie Gouletthe centrist senator of the Orne behind the amendment. An amendment that could allow to save the French state to save, if he was selected in the rest of the parliamentary shuttle and entered into force, some 2.8 million euros per year, recalls Public Senate.
While France now has 16 former prime ministers, compared to 13 a year ago, each of these former tenants of Matignon can benefit, if he wishes, a car with driver as well as a secretariat , unless you already have one in the context of their new mandate or post within the public service. At a time when the French are called upon to tighten their belts to save money, senators have estimated that efforts could also be asked for former prime ministers, especially as “between 2022 and 2023, credits [qui leur étaient] devoted increased by 11%. And there were only 13 former prime ministers at the time, “said the centrist senator of Eure, Hervé Maurey, of which Public Sénat also echoes.
“I think there are expenses of the taxpayer who are absolutely not necessary,” said Nathalie Goulet at the microphone of RTL This Thursday. And to list: “Dominique de Villepin is a lawyer, I do not believe that he is at Restos du Coeur. Nicolas Sarkozy has largely the means of his work. Mr. Raffarin gives conferences worldwide, I don’t believe More than it is a great needy. ” For the senator, it is “a measure of common sense which has also been widely adopted”, especially since, as some senators have recalled, several Matignon tenants have benefited from these advantages for more than Thirty years. This is particularly the case of Edith Cresson or Édouard Balladur.