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French diplomats yesterday launched a one-day strike to protest a plan to strip foreign ministry envoys of their special status, a move they say would weaken Paris’ influence abroad. It was only the second time in its history that the institution staged an open revolt over a government project. The diplomats say the move to remove their special status would weaken French diplomatic influence by making posts available to all senior civil servants and not just those specifically trained for the foreign service. “The reform says that agents are, in a way, interchangeable,” said Olivier Da ...

It’s only second time in history institution stages open revolt over government project

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French diplomats are worried about the future that seems in store for them under the forthcoming senior civil service reform. Some will accuse them of corporatism. Yet the critical articles that have appeared in various journals contain sincere misgivings about the consequences of the coming standardisation of their savoir faire and voice the fear of a loss of French influence in the fast-changing international arena. The idea of reforming the senior civil service goes way back and rears (...)