In Order to Save Money, the Court of Auditors Suggests Limiting the Wage Bill of the Civil Service
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Since Budget Day, the cuts to civil service salaries have totaled a higher amount than the cuts to the social safety net. Yet civil servants are expected to help shape this cabinet's ambitions. How does that work together? The Court of Audit lacks a plan.
In order to reduce the public deficit, the Court of Auditors recommends an effort of EUR 20 billion on the salaries and staff of public officials within three years.
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The Court of Auditors recommends reducing the wage bill of the civil service, through savings on staff and wages, in order to reduce the public deficit to 3% of GDP. Trade unions call for a strike on 29 September.
Staff, salaries, promotions... the Court of Auditors targets the expenditure of the civil service in a note published on Monday 21 September. The magistrates of Cambon Street encourage, in view of the weight of the payroll, "a mastery of its evolution which has, in part, been lacking so far"
The Court of Auditors recommends a reduction of 20 billion euros in the public wage bill by 2029 in order to reduce the deficit to 3% of GDP. This effort, which represents 5.5% of the 362.1 billion spent...
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