Stanislas Guerini, Minister of Transformation and the Public Service, was the guest of “8:30 am franceinfo” Saturday April 15, 2023. Promulgation of the pension reform, employment in the public service, and Marianne fund… He answered questions from Neila Latrous and Lorrain Seneschal.
Promulgation of the law on pensions: “It’s the order of things”
The pension reform law was officially promulgated in the Official Journal overnight from Friday to Saturday, just hours after the green light from the Constitutional Council. “It’s applying the law“, reacts Stanislas Guerini. “It has been largely, for the most part, validated by the Constitutional Council, that is the order of things“, says the minister.
“Does that mean, now, that there is nothing more to do, nothing more to discuss? Of course not! We must continue the dialogue“, continues Stanislas Guerini, referring in particular to the measures which were rejected by the Constitutional Council.
Civil service: “We have recruitment difficulties”
“We are having difficulty recruiting“, recognizes Stanislas Guerini. He confirms that the workforce of the public service fell by nearly 5,844 jobs last year, as revealed by the newspaper Les Echos on Wednesday.
“It’s no surprise to me“, confides the minister, who recalls that this “is not a will of the government“. Stanislas Guerini points to a “demographic phenomenon” related to the retirement of “many officials“, with some “difficulties in being able to replace them“.”A third of the town hall secretaries, in our municipalities, will retire and the challenge is to be able to replace them“, explains the minister.
Controversy over the Marianne fund: it “very important” that Marlène Schiappa “can continue to work”
“It is very important that she can continue to work“, believes Stanislas Guerini about Marlène Schiappa, embarrassed by suspicions of embezzlement of public money. “She is committed to extremely important subjects.” In 2021, after the assassination of Professor Samuel Paty and while she was Minister Delegate for Citizenship, Marlène Schiappa launched the Marianne fund, which was to subsidize associations fighting against separatism.
Several surveys, from France 2, the weekly MarianneThen Mediapart revealed suspicious use of the two million euros in subsidies included in this fund. “Journalists are saying this today, but I have absolutely no idea.“, retorted the minister, emphasizing that an inspection mission was commissioned by the current Secretary of State for Citizenship.
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