Agents called to demonstrate to denounce new budget cuts – Liberation
The anger of the civil servants does not weaken. Five of the eight representative unions in the public service call for mobilization and strike This Tuesday, May 13, in particular to claim better remuneration and denounce Budget debates who according to them « Get in the worst way » For agents.
The CGT, the main organization, the UNSA, the FSU, Solidaires and the CFE-CGC deplored during a conference last week a « Offer policy that dries up tax resources »the absence of « General wage measures » and a « Stigmatization » agents.
In Paris, a press point is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. near the Ministry of the Economy, in the presence in particular of the Secretary General of the CGT, Sophie Binet. A procession must then start at 2 p.m. to the Place de la Nation.
The unions denounce in particular the 40 billion euros in savings provided by the government in the 2026 budget, and the consequences on the employment of the announced merger of a third of the agencies and operators of the State, according to a joint statement. In a circular at the end of April, François Bayrou urged his government to the « Mastery » of the payroll in the public service, which believed 6.7 % in 2024.
This day of action comes a little more than a month after a modest mobilization, where less than 2 % of the staff were on strike in each of the branches of the public service (State, territorial and hospital). An incommensurate mobilization with That of December 5, 2024when almost 20 % of state -owned agents were on strike, National Education in mind, and tens of thousands of people had paraded throughout France against savings measures.
The university is particularly affected by budgetary adjustments, with cuts in credit for higher education and research announced on April 25. « Although the total budget allocated to universities and schools increases by more than 300 million euros in 2025, it is insufficient with regard to new expenses (payroll, inflation whose gas and electricity) which are essential and which are of the order of more than 600 million euros in 2025 » For universities, deplores Dean Lewis, president of the University of Bordeaux in particular.
