Let’s break down the figures from the French National Assembly site of what a French MP really gets from the government, and how they can use it. Taking away the pension payments and various ‘solidarity’ contributions, a French MP takes home €4,959, (5,257 for MP’s elected after June 2012). French MP’s ride first class on all SNCF trains for free, and if they put in a request, Paris’s RATP transport network too. Do French MP’s pay taxes? When it’s time to retire at 62 (the retirement age went up from 60 to 62 in 2016), a French MP will get around €2,700 a month.

Source: The Local January 27, 2017 14:28 UTC