FRENCH PM CASTEX ANNOUNCED ENDING OFTHE PREFECTS BODY WHILE KEEPING THE FUNCTION

USPA NEWS - Office of the French Prime Minister, (Matignon) announced that the Government was going to abolish the body of prefects while maintaining the function, in the continuity of its reform of the high administration which led to the abolition of the National School of Administration. "The Prime Minister met Thursday, May 6 by videoconference with the entire prefectural body, to discuss with them on the current reform of the High Civil Service", which "aims to improve the management of senior state officials, according to a logic based on career paths and skills, more than on membership of bodies or statutes, “said Matignon. The Government is looking at "inspection by inspection what will be their fate" and is working on the "hypothesis of an extinction" of the large bodies of state, the Ministry of Transformation and Public Service indicated on April 22. Source: Office of French Prime Minister Jean Castex, Matignon

Office of the French Prime Minister, (Matignon) announced that the Government was going to abolish the body of prefects while maintaining the function, in the continuity of its reform of the high administration which led to the abolition of the National School of Administration. "The Prime Minister met Thursday, May 6 by videoconference with the entire prefectural body, to discuss with them on the current reform of the High Civil Service", which "aims to improve the management of senior state officials, according to a logic based on career paths and skills, more than on membership of bodies or statutes, “said Matignon. The Government is looking at "inspection by inspection what will be their fate" and is working on the "hypothesis of an extinction" of the large bodies of state, the Ministry of Transformation and Public Service indicated on April 22. This reform “should make it possible to better recruit, train and support senior government officials in the diversity of their functions and professions. There is therefore no question that this reform could undermine the prefectural function, its specific features and its attractiveness, “continued those around Jean Castex. It should make it possible, through the creation of a single body of State Administrators, “to promote more open and less compartmentalized paths, better monitored and regularly assessed throughout their career. It should allow "young senior civil servants to start their careers in the field, in operational functions and, more than today, in the territories", assures Office of the French Prime Minister, Matignon