For now we are on the same basic than UK pilots, and we have a UK contract. The difference is we pay french tax and NI. Difficult to compare net salaries, as income tax in France is highly dependant on individual circumstances, but for a single person, overall net pay would be lower.
We have absolutely no clue whatsoever about what the french contract will be like, and it is starting to really piss people off in Paris. The lack of communication is annoying to say the least. For the moment we have only rumors. The cabin crew know what they are going to get, but understandably they are priority, given the imminent opening of CDG. It has filtered that we may have to operate under french FTL's, due to the fact that the contract will be french.
Time will tell.