Translation of the article in French by Jacques Rouchaud
It is not me saying it. It is the Government itself.
On 22 October 2026, an official press release proudly announced “a concrete step forward for the pension rights of local elected officials”. A decree, published in the Journal officiel on 13 October, grants them one extra quarter of pension per term of office, up to three quarters: 9 months of pension as a gift.
Who benefits? Mayors. Presidents and vice-presidents of departments, regions and inter-municipal bodies. Councillors with delegated powers. From 1 January 2027, counting all their past terms.
Them and us
The Minister of Labour dares to write that their commitment “must not penalise pension rights”.
And the worker? The farmer? The craftsman? The night nurse? The bricklayer who has been carrying breeze blocks for forty years? Their work penalises their bodies, their backs, their health. Who gives them 9 months? Nobody.
Ordinary people have to slog away until 64, and even until 67 for those who are missing quarters. If their bodies still allow it. Arduous jobs, broken backs, worn-out knees: nobody gives them any gifts. Meanwhile, the princes stay comfortably seated in their velvet chairs.
The princes already have their salary, their allowances, their staff, their driver, their official car. And now, pension as a bonus. Voted by them. For them. Among themselves.
State money from all sides
And that is not all. Many never leave their seat: at 75, 80, sometimes 85, they are still there. They draw their pension and, at the same time, their allowances as elected officials. For them, retirement is not the end of work: it is a second income. State money comes to them from all sides: allowances, expenses, staff, car, driver, pension, and now free quarters.
And when the term ends, the Republic cushions the fall. A minister who leaves the government keeps his salary for three months. A defeated deputy receives a back-to-work allowance for up to three years, starting at 100% of his parliamentary allowance. The laid-off worker has only France Travail, the public employment service.
And at the top of the State?
At the top, it is even better. A former President of the Republic receives a lifetime allowance of around €5,500 to €6,200 gross per month, with no age condition whatsoever, from the end of his term. On top of that come official housing, travel expenses, 7 staff members for 5 years, then 3 staff members for life.
Emmanuel Macron will leave the Élysée in 2027, at 49. At the age when a worker still has fifteen years of work ahead of him. In 2019, he promised to give up this presidential “pension”. We shall see whether he keeps his word.
Permanent advantages
During the term: the allowances. After the term: the free quarters. At every stage of a prince’s life, the Republic provides a little gift. And you are the ones who pay the bill.
They call it “recognising commitment” and “making office more attractive”. We call it privileges. The Revolution abolished them one night in August 1789. They have come back through the back door, decree after decree.
Demosciocracy: the same rules for everyone
Serving one’s country is an honour, not an investment. In demosciocracy, those who decide are no longer those who help themselves. The same pension rules for the mayor and for the worker. Whoever commits to their territory does so out of conviction, not for free quarters.
Enough! Come and join our ranks in great numbers!
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