{"id":611250,"date":"2025-12-04T08:25:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/611250\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T08:25:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:25:14","slug":"what-it-takes-to-be-considered-rich-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/611250\/","title":{"rendered":"What it takes to be considered \u2018rich\u2019 in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>         4 Dec 2025, 08:57 Updated: 26m ago        <\/p>\n<p class=\"_abstract_eo4rj_72\">New research from the Observatoire des in\u00e9galit\u00e9s identifies the monthly income levels that classify households in France as \u201crich\u201d or \u201cpoor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> 4 Dec 2025, 08:57  | Updated: 26m ago <\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Monthly Income\" class=\"content-image\" data-image-catalogue-id=\"775999\" width=\"660\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/775999\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>    Monthly Income.<\/p>\n<p>        Picture: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alamy.com\/stock-photo-monthly-in-598355099.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nAlamy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"standfirst\">New research has revealed what it takes to be considered \u201crich\u201d in France, according to a study by the Observatoire des in\u00e9galit\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The think tank found that a childless couple needs monthly revenues of \u20ac6,440 or more after tax and social charges to fall into the \u201crich\u201d category. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">For a couple with two teenagers, the threshold rises to \u20ac10,733. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">At the opposite end of the scale, the report defines a childless couple earning \u20ac1,610 or less per month as \u201cpoor.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The study uses median income calculations and \u201cunits of consumption,\u201d a method designed to compare household needs more fairly by taking account of family size and structure. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The findings come as debates continue in France over taxation, redistribution and social inequality. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-text\">The report aims to provide a clearer framework for understanding income disparities across different household types and to inform ongoing discussions about living standards in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"4 Dec 2025, 08:57 Updated: 26m ago New research from the Observatoire des in\u00e9galit\u00e9s identifies the monthly income&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[2000,299,36],"class_list":{"0":"post-611250","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-france"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115660346814184048","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611250","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=611250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}