DECRYPTION – Unsurprisingly, it is still social protection that weighs the most.
But what are the hundreds of billions of euros collected each year from French people, via the taxes and social contributions they pay? Unsurprisingly, it is still social protection that weighs the most. Out of 1,000 euros of compulsory levies paid in 2019 by households and businesses, 574 euros were dedicated to social spending, half of which (262 euros) for pensions and survivor’s pensions only, according to simulations carried out by François Ecalle, former magistrate at the Court of Auditors and founder of the Fipeco site.
As for the rest of the bill, 108 euros were spent on grants to “economical activities»Of all kinds (aid for employment, agriculture, transport, etc.). Then come education (95 euros) and general services including, for example, management activities to ensure the proper functioning of administrations (71 euros).
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