On June 2, French diplomats are on strike. Rare fact, at the call of seven of their unions, recount The New York Times, they met today in front of the Quai d’Orsay in Paris where they share their support for the remote mobilization by “telegrams”, the diplomatic notes sent back to the central. In question, the “brutal suppression of the diplomatic corps”, explains the American title in its editorial written by the head of the Paris office.
A decree discreetly published in the Official newspaper during the in-between rounds of the presidential election provides for the reorganization of French diplomacy. Two of its historical bodies should thus be “mis en extinction”, that of the advisers for foreign affairs and that of the ministers plenipotentiary. They concern between them 800 senior civil servants.
Flexibility
Among other measures, in 2023, diplomats will have to join a new body of state administrators, which implies greater flexibility in the administration of their position. They could then change it regularly throughout their career,