Editing President of France (section)

==Pay and official residences==
[[File:Secretary Pompeo Arrives to Meet with French Foreign Minister Le Drian in Paris (50610423656).jpg|thumb|The [[Élysée Palace]], the principal residence of the president]]
The president of the Republic is paid a salary according to a pay grade defined in comparison to the pay grades of the most senior members of the [[French Civil Service]] ("out of scale", {{lang|fr|hors échelle}}, those whose pay grades are known as letters and not as numeric indices). In addition they are paid a residence stipend of 3%, and a function stipend of 25% on top of the salary and residence indemnity. This gross salary and these indemnities are the same as those of the prime minister, and are 50% higher than the highest paid to other members of the government,<ref>{{cite French law |number or usual name=n<sup>o</sup> 2002-1050 |date in French=6 août 2002 |full name=de finances rectificative pour 2002 |url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=LEGITEXT000005633238&dateTexte=20130619}} as amended</ref> which is itself defined as twice the average of the highest (pay grade G) and the lowest (pay grade A1) salaries in the "out of scale" pay grades.<ref>{{cite French decree |article=1 |number or usual name=n<sup>o</sup> 2002-1058 |date in French=6 août 2002 |full name=relatif au traitement des membres du Gouvernement |language=French |url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=LEGITEXT000005633245}}.</ref> {{As of|2008|alt=Using the 2008 "out of scale" pay grades,}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110520183843/http://costkiller.net/salaires/salaires-fonction-publique.htm Grille de salaires de la fonction publique].</ref> it amounts to a monthly pay of 20,963 euros, which fits the 19,000 euros quoted to the press in early 2008.<ref>[http://www.politique.net/2008022801-le-salaire-du-premier-ministre-a-double-depuis-2002.htm Le salaire du Premier ministre a doublé depuis 2002], citing an interview given by [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] to ''[[Le Parisien]]''.</ref> Using the pay grades starting from 1 July 2009,<ref>{{cite French decree |number or usual name=n<sup>o</sup> 2009-824 |date in French=3 juillet 2009 |full name=portant majoration à compter du 1<sup>er</sup> juillet 2009 de la rémunération des personnels civils et militaires de l'État, des personnels des collectivités territoriales et des établissements publics d'hospitalisation et portant attribution de points d'indice majoré |language=French |url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000020815910}}.</ref> this amounts to a gross monthly pay of €21,131. The salary and the residence stipend are taxable for [[income tax]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCodeArticle.do?cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006069577&idArticle=LEGIARTI000018620290&dateTexte=20090729 |title=General tax code, art. 80 undecies A |language=fr |publisher=Legifrance.gouv.fr |access-date=9 June 2011}}</ref> The official residence and office of the president is the [[Élysée Palace]] in Paris. Other presidential residences include:

* the [[Hôtel de Marigny]], standing next to the Élysée Palace, houses foreign official guests;
* the [[Château de Rambouillet]] is normally open to visitors when not used for (rare) official meetings;
* the Domaine national de [[Château de Marly|Marly]] is normally open to visitors when not used for (rare) official meetings;
* the [[Fort de Brégançon]], in Southeastern France, is the official presidential vacation residence. In 2013, it became a national monument and is opened to the public some moments since 2014. The French president's private quarters there are still available for their use. [[La Lanterne (Versailles)|La Lanterne]] became an official presidential vacation residence in 2007.