After five years of freezing, an outstretched hand to officials. The Minister of Transformation and Public Service Stanislas Guerini announces that the salaries of 5.7 million public officials will be increased by 3.5% from July 1. “Faced with the unprecedented level of inflation, we have taken an exceptional measure: the general increase of the Civil Service index point by 3.5%. This is the largest increase for 37 years! “, explained the minister on Twitter.
“One month after my appointment, I pledge to take strong decisions to protect the purchasing power of civil servants. They are the result of my exchanges with the representatives of the trade unions & employers of the three public services”, also writes Stanislas Guerini.
These 3.5% “are added” to the average increase of 1.5% observed each year on the salaries of civil servants and contract workers. They represent, from the same source, a total cost of 7.5 billion euros shared between the State and the communities. The Minister received the unions on Tuesday, before a press conference scheduled for around 12 p.m.
The announcement follows the statements of the former Minister of Transformation and Public Service, Amélie de Montchalin, who last March announced in our pages a thaw “before summer”. “There is a new element today: inflation persists, it is strong and lasting. We can clearly see that the value of the public service index point is disconnected from the economic situation, ”explained the former minister at the time.