François Bayrou makes concessions but pleads for “debureaucratization”

Prime Minister François Bayrou at the National Assembly in on January 14, 2025. JULIEN MUGUET FOR “THE WORLD”

Civil servants are beginning to see more clearly the fate that the government of François Bayrou has in store for them. After several years of tense relations with Macronist governments, and three execrable months with Guillaume Kasbarian, the agents are receiving some positive signals. Without the sky completely clearing over a public service which remains faced with an unprecedented crisis of attractiveness.

In his letter sent to the Socialist Party on Thursday January 16, the head of government made several concessions welcomed by the trade union organizations. In particular, it renounces the introduction of three unpaid waiting days in the event of absence of civil servants due to health reasons – compared to just one currently. The measure, planned by Michel Barnier's government in the 2025 budget, had triggered the anger of agents and had largely fueled the mobilization of December 5, 2024.

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