INFO LE FIGARO – All attempts to diet successive executives have failed.
It is an annual reminder which, on the eve of the presidential election, is sure to spice up the debate. It is a fact, France has more civil servants at the end than at the beginning of the five-year term. At the end of 2020, the cumulative workforce in the three public services thus reached 5.662 million people, i.e. 1.014 million more than at the end of 1997, affirms François Écalle in his last note, that Le Figaro publish exclusively.
The former magistrate of the Court of Auditors, president of the Fipeco association specializing in the dissecting of public accounts, compiled the latest available data from the Directorate General of the Public Service (DGFP) and Insee.
A new record
In details, the workforce of the State civil service (2,524,000 people at the end of 2020) increased by 6% from 1997 to 2020, + 154,000. Those of the territorial civil service (1,932,000 people at the end of 2020), by 44%, + 549,000. And those of the public hospital service (1,207,000 people at the end of 2020)…
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