Minister Delegate David Amiel expressed his intent to relaunch discussions on public sector employees' pay at the New Year's ceremony of the Superior Council for Territorial Public Service on January 7, 2026. He aims for a productive 2026 for public servants, with prospective work on the sector's future concluding in autumn ahead of the 2027 presidential debates. This move addresses a major challenge in careers and remuneration, frequently mentioned but never realized by his predecessors.
David Amiel, the minister delegate in charge of public service and state reform, voiced hopes for a "useful 2026" for public employees at the Superior Council for Territorial Public Service (CSFPT) ceremony on Wednesday, January 7. In response to Philippe Laurent, the UDI mayor of Sceaux and president of this social dialogue body uniting territorial employers and unions, he announced the relaunch of the public sector remuneration project.
"We face a major challenge on careers and remuneration […] we need to work on these issues this year," Amiel stated. This file, repeatedly raised by his predecessors without resolution, aims to rethink the indicative pay scales governing public agents' salaries.
Philippe Laurent, an advocate for overhauling these scales, urged reducing reliance on categorical or one-off revaluation measures. "We must restore meaning to these grids and avoid over-relying on categorical or ad hoc revaluation measures. These are sometimes obviously necessary but cannot form a fair, sustainable, and attractive remuneration policy," he explained.
This prospective work on the future of public service is set to conclude in autumn 2026, in view of the 2027 presidential debates. It comes amid ongoing concerns about public sector pay as a key factor in attracting and retaining talent.
