These expenses drain funding available for other public services, a report cited by Reuters states. The disclosure of the spending breakdown occurs as students have returned to the streets to protest in France.
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France Discloses Pension Costs Eat 32% of Education Budget for First Time
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The French Finance Ministry has revealed that retirees' payments are deducted directly from the operational budgets of individual government departments. This first-time data release from Bercy shows that pension costs absorb 32% of the budget for National Education and 30% for the Interior ministry, with every ministry in the government affected by these charges.
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