THE QUESTION -
In our columns he was nicknamed a few years ago the "Lucky Luke of public finances".
René Dosière, former PS deputy for Aisne and slayer of the expensive lifestyle of the State, struck again.
In the latest survey of the think-tank he chairs, the Observatory of Public Ethics (OEP), it assures that the government in place is "the most expensive of the Fifth Republic", with an estimate of 160 million euros for the year 2021. Is this statement correct?
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THE VERIFICATION -
In 2019, the remuneration expenditure of the government of Édouard Philippe stood at 125 million euros.
From 2019 to 2021, they have therefore increased substantially, by 28%.
At the same time however, the average remuneration in the ministries fell by 5.9%, but a
"significant increase"
in the number of collaborators in the ministerial offices was enough to blow up the budgets.
Indeed, while Édouard Philippe had decided to increase by 20% the
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