French President Emmanuel Macron said he plans to increase the budget and hire more diplomats in the Fifth Republic Foreign Ministry. transmits Reuters. According to the agency, the budget will increase by 20% to 7.9 billion euros and the number of civil servants will increase by 700.
“I want our diplomacy to be completely renewed to serve the world. We must end years of cutbacks and provide ourselves with the tools necessary to build new capacity, develop new skills, and serve and protect our interests. Macron noted that our priorities are impact.
As the President of France pointed out, the diplomatic service of the state is waiting for a reform that will allow it to transform. He added that it is necessary to “make our country shine” with the development of the diplomatic organization.
According to Reuters, Macron sought to reassure French diplomatic corps on civil service reform, which, according to some, would undermine the state’s global authority. The agency underlines that hundreds of diplomatic personnel at home and abroad, including some ambassadors, took part in the first strike in 20 years in June 2020 to protest the reform and years of staff cuts.
Earlier media, Macron’s threatening dissolution of the country’s national assembly (lower house) in case of failure to vote on the pension reform bill.