{"id":432039,"date":"2025-09-17T20:54:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T20:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/432039\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T20:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T20:54:11","slug":"france-limits-lifetime-benefits-for-former-prime-ministers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/432039\/","title":{"rendered":"France limits lifetime benefits for former prime ministers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ISTANBUL<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>The French government&#8217;s official journal published a decree Wednesday that limits lifetime benefits for former prime ministers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The decree limits the period during which Prime Ministers are entitled to a company car and a driver to ten years from the date of leaving office,&#8221; it noted.<\/p>\n<p>The rule will take effect Jan. 1 and will apply to former prime ministers who have left office more than 10 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The decree came two days after newly appointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu announced it on the US social media company, X.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While it is reasonable for the Republic to protect individuals who face threats, it is not acceptable for them to receive lifetime benefits simply because of a temporary position. Police protection will now be granted to former prime ministers and interior ministers only for a limited period, and extended based on the actual level of risk,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that all other resources previously available to former prime ministers for life will now be provided for a limited period.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Controversial national budget plan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>France is facing mounting political tensions as former Prime Minister Francois Bayrou lost a confidence vote Sept. 8 in the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Bayrou, who unveiled a 2026 budget framework in July, was seeking support for a plan to save nearly \u20ac44 billion ($51 billion) as part of efforts to reduce soaring public debt, now at 113% of GDP.<\/p>\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Armed Forces Minister Sebastien Lecornu as the new prime minister. He has been tasked with holding consultations with political parties before forming his government.<\/p>\n<p>France has one of the EU\u2019s largest budget deficits at 5.8% of GDP.<\/p>\n<p>Budget negotiations have been a major source of tension in French politics.<\/p>\n<p>The failure to reach an agreement on the 2025 budget last year led to the collapse of the Michel Barnier government in December after left-wing and far-right parties united behind a no-confidence motion.<\/p>\n<p>                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/p\/subscription\/1001\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:12px; color:#444; text-decoration:none;\" rel=\"noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                    Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. <b style=\"color:#1897F7\">Please contact us for subscription options.<\/b>&#13;<br \/>\n                                <\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ISTANBUL The French government&#8217;s official journal published a decree Wednesday that limits lifetime benefits for former prime ministers.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[5340,1194,2000,299,36,146938,12184],"class_list":{"0":"post-432039","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-anadolu-ajansi","9":"tag-budget","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-france","13":"tag-lifetime-benefits","14":"tag-prime-minister"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115221631191765821","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}