The French state has decided to cut welfare benefits to anyone convicted of taking part in riots and in looting. More on this welcome move can be found here: “France moves to cut welfare benefits for convicted looters and rioters,” by Carl Deconinck, Brussels Signal, October 20, 2026:
The French Government has drawn up a ministerial circular that would allow authorities to cut social welfare benefits for people convicted of looting and rioting during the urban unrest that began on October 17.
Jointly drafted by justice minister Gérald Darmanin and housing minister Vincent Jeanbrun, the directive aims to deduct the estimated financial gains derived from selling stolen goods directly from state assistance payments.
The aim of a separate “rioter pays” bill is to establish a “new joint and several civil liability”, which would make it possible to impose collective fines on all participants in a violent action, Journal du Dimanche reported.
The reductions would apply across several core welfare schemes, including the revenu de solidarité active (RSA), France’s basic income support, housing benefits (APL), family allowances and unemployment insurance.
“Rioters, looters, thieves: Social benefits are over!” Jeanbrun said on X on October 19….
Those who have been convicted not just of looting during the riots, but also of other illicit activities, such as drug trafficking, will now have their welfare benefits reduced by the amount the government calculates they have been making from those activities.
Business federations and government assessments estimate the direct physical damage and stock losses at hundreds of millions of euros. Carrefour chief executive Alexandre Bompard, who heads the FCD retail federation, gave that estimate on October 18.
That estimated loss of hundreds of millions of euros from looting and destruction of shops after just the first day of rioting by now must have risen to close to one billion euros.
It’s a good move. Rioters, even those who caused property damage but did not loot, will now face severe financial consequences for their behavior. Upon conviction, their welfare benefits of every sort, including the housing and family allowances that had previously been exempt from being reduced, will now be decreased or eliminated entirely. These cuts will be in addition to any prison sentences the rioters and looters may be given. And if deprived of most or all welfare benefits, the Muslim migrants among them may decide that it’s time to return to their countries of origin. The French can consider that a bonus.
Taffy says
Well that’s mighty white of them!
How about just revoking ALL welfare benefits for these Muzzies invaders and deporting all of them?
Raja says
Taffy, That is very islamophobic of you despite having 60% Muslims (probable) and may be 40 % commies in run of the mill riots with the intend to kill the French state, the earlier riots failed of course.Sarc off.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
It would have been doable had a majority of the White population not been Leftist!
40 rounds says
And then a judge will step in and say you can’t do that
Tony says
No Public Funding for Islam and its Muslim Organizations! Public Funding is a privilege that should NOT BE granted to organizations that are against the US Constitution or Western Constitutions. Totalitarian Islam and its Muslim Organizations including Muslim Schools and Mosques are against the US Constitution due to Muslim funding, teaching, and promoting discrimination, segregation, hatred, rape, violence, totalitarianism, and terrorism against Non-Muslims to make Islamic Law supreme WITH NO EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW. Islam’s Muslims are murderous, Totalitarian Terrorists of Allah operating as a Criminal-Terrorist-Gang Enterprise under Islamic Law using MUSLIM MONEY and MUSLIM LIVES to ultimately conquer the enemies of Allah, the Non-Muslims, with Islamic Law DBA Islam(Qur’an 8:60; 9:5, 29, 111; 49:15, etc.). Genocidal Allah in Qur’an 8:39 commands, “And engage in war with them[Non-Muslims] until there will not be sedition and the religion will be completely to Allah…” Ultimately, Allah desires to fill hell with Non-Muslims(Qur’an 7:18; 11:119; 32:13; 98:6, etc.).
Westman says
“The French Government has drawn up a ministerial circular that would allow authorities to cut social welfare benefits for people convicted of looting and rioting during the urban unrest that began on October 17.” Sounds good. Sounds implausible.
The French bankrupt system that is spending more than 100% of GNP on social benefits? It will be cutting off the benefits it can no longer provide? The nation that gets riots every time it suggests raising the retirement age?
Aren’t we looking at a nation falling apart so quickly, financially and socially, that anything the government orders is unlikely to be completed? Who will pay the police?
Ade Fegan says
Just open more jobcentres and they’ll stay home play computer games
tgusa says
Too late dummies it will only make them angrier.
David M says
Exactly, it will just make them want to loot more. They have an excuse now.
Fred says
What! You mean France is going to stop paying the Jizya? I doubt it.
rick says
Excellent but the key word is “convicted”. So, if they are arrested and everything points to the person(s) being looters or arsonists but not convicted they still get their French welfare. It should be based aon being arrested. If convicted an even harsher punishment should be considered like deportation.
John Pepple says
Yes, I noticed that, too. How many of those arrested simply get released after a few hours? Isn’t it most of them? If so, then no one will lose their welfare benefits.
Also, that book on soccer hooliganism in England Among the Thugs by Bill Buford revealed that the typical soccer hooligan actually had a job and was not on welfare, contrary to what everyone thought. They were brought under control by threats of ten-year jail sentences instead. I don’t know if that would work in this case though, because the hooliganism wasn’t political, so neither left nor right had any reason to oppose such a lengthy sentence.
ConcernedReader says
*Yawn*
Won’t really work.
There will be a challenge in court, it will be deemed unconstitutional and it’s reversed.
It is a Nothingburger.
Troybeam says
Deport all of them first and then worry about the courts.
Let order restore after they are removed and then see what the courts will do but first change the current judges who rule on personal feelings instead of the law.
John1 says
Cut welfare benefits if convicted? How about incarceration and hard labor then deportations of all non citizens.
Bexarkat says
Likely not, because that might cause….err, some looting and rioting.