native elected officers defend the 100,000 positions created since 2010 | EUROtoday

The begin of the varsity 12 months is certainly troublesome for native elected officers. Pointed out for his or her bills by the Attal authorities initially of September, they don’t seem to be moved by the thought of ​​having to comply with the hassle of 5 billion euros that the Prime Minister, Michel Barnier, expects from them in 2025. Between time, the Court of Auditors added its private contact by suggesting, in a report revealed on October 2, to take away 100,000 territorial brokers.

“We can clearly see the sequencesays Johan Theuret, deputy general director in charge of the resources center at Rennes Métropole and the City of Rennes, co-founder of the Sens du service publique think tank. A deficit that is slipping, the search for savings and the question of local authority staffing levels come into the debate… This is not new. »

The Court of Auditors notes that “personnel costs, which represent a quarter of community spending, are experiencing sustained growth,” and think about a “optimization” potential. Applying authorized working hours in all places and combating absenteeism would make it potential to economize, say monetary magistrates. Before popping out with a large proposal: deliver the territorial civil service, which has 1.9 million brokers, again to its 2010 stage. This would end result within the discount of 100,000 jobs, or 5.25% of the workforce. Expected financial savings: 4.1 billion euros from 2030.

“Easy trial in incompetence”

Why 2010? Because for ten years, between 2011 and 2021, explains the monetary establishment, there was no new switch of expertise from the State to communities; that, nevertheless, this didn’t stop the teams of municipalities – the intercommunalities, in full growth – ​​from using 112,100 extra brokers (+ 48%) when the municipalities solely diminished their workforce by 3%. However, the logic was exactly that by entrusting missions to their intermunicipality, the municipalities scale back their employees.

Behind the accounting logic, native elected officers understand a brand new manifestation of ” contempt “ senior officers at Bercy, who would think about them to be spendthrifts and incapable of maintaining with their payroll. “ I’m not saying that efforts are not possiblecontinues Mr. Theuret. But above all it is an easy trial for the incompetence of elected officials in the management of human resources. »

Mayor (various right) of Charleville-Mézières, Boris Ravignon also says he is ” convinced “ that it is the distrust of the financiers which is expressed. “Even if it is first of all ignorance: the magistrates of the Court of Auditors do not know how local authorities work”notes the person who has simply been entrusted by the Minister for Partnership with the Territories, Catherine Vautrin, with the mission of decreasing the “administrative millefeuille”. In a report, submitted in May, Mr. Ravignon estimated the tangle of expertise between the State and communities at 7.5 billion euros.

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