Reform of the ENA: what changes in the recruitment and training of the French senior civil service?
By: Anne Cantener
Emmanuel Macron wanted to remove the ENA, it will ultimately be a reform, not a disappearance.
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The famous National School of Administration has become the symbol of a disconnect between the upper administration, the French elite, and the rest of the country. In the midst of the yellow vests crisis last year, the president decided to change everything. The mission he appointed at the time has just submitted his report to the Prime Minister. It contains 42 proposals for more diversity, for senior officials closer to the field, to limit the mentality of large state bodies and to set up a culture common to all the senior civil service. And then, a new name: the School of Public Administration. Beyond the change of name of the ENA, are we completely overhauling the training of elites in France?
Our guest :
Adeline Baldacchino , former student of the ENA, senior civil servant, author of La ferme des Énarques (Michalon 2015) and Our insatiable desire for magic (Fayard 2019)
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