For boss Medef, elected politicians aren’t paid enough

A short sentence that is likely to make people react. Medef boss Patrick Martin, in an interview with the regional newspapers of the Ebra group, assessed that elected officials are not paid enough.

“In my opinion, the remuneration of our elected politicians is not commensurate with their workload, their media coverage and the reputational and legal risks they carry,” the newly elected chief at the head of the employers’ organization said in this interview published on Sunday. . According to him, the current level of remuneration does not “attract talent” to this sector.

Depending on the mandate they hold, elected officials receive more or less wages. Thus, deputies and senators receive a fixed allowance of 7,600 euros, which also covers the accommodation allowance and the performance allowance. At the local level, elected officials are remunerated according to the size of the community. Non-elected members of the government receive a gross salary ranging from €10,600 for state secretaries to €15,900 for the prime minister. The President of the Republic also receives 15,900 euros.

Against capping boss salaries

Also, when asked about remuneration of business leaders, the “boss of bosses” admitted that the differences caused by certain salaries “were not illegal” but concerned “only a tiny minority of business leaders.” ” packages remuneration is voted in conditions of full transparency,” he also assessed.

Boss Medefa finally remembered that limiting those rewards meant, he said, running the risk of seeing the big bosses go abroad. “The market for top managers is a global micro market,” he explained.

The remuneration of the big French bosses is regularly controversial. In 2022, the disclosure of Total boss Patrick Pouyanne’s salary figure sparked anger at the height of a wage dispute at the group’s refineries.