Individual legal file

Measure 1.08 — Cap Ministerial Cabinets at Ten Members

This first individual file turns a Plan de Rupture proposal into an implementation dossier: current rule, legal instrument, provisions to amend, timetable, data requirements and draft wording.

Comparison between the current cabinet cap and the ten-member target
The main legal vehicle is identifiable: an amending decree.

Verified legal fact

Decree No. 2024-892 currently caps a full minister’s cabinet at fourteen members, with an exception up to nineteen for the minister responsible for public accounts. Appointments are published by ministerial order after Prime Ministerial control.

Plan proposal

Measure 1.08 proposes a ten-member cap.

prototype

A short amending decree, a compliance period and budget monitoring.

Why a decree is the main vehicle

The current cap is itself set by decree. A new decree can therefore amend it. Abolishing delegated ministers, however, also concerns the separate decree on government composition.

Four required acts

Draft clause

Article 1
The first paragraph of Article 1 of Decree No. 2024-892 is replaced by:
“A full minister’s cabinet may not comprise more than ten members.”

What the costing still has to prove

The Plan associates this measure with an annual effect of €120 million. That source figure should not be presented as certain until full costs, transferred functions and transition expenses have been audited.

Official sources

  1. Decree No. 2024-892, Article 1.
  2. Decree No. 2024-892, Article 2.