Gendarmerie: nearly 700 million euros allocated to career upgrades

Europe 1, with AFP 10:05 p.m., March 09, 2022

Gérald Darmanin announced on Wednesday the signing of a protocol relating to nearly 700 million euros over five years to upgrade the careers of the gendarmes in particular, in line with the agreement signed for the police last week.

This protocol is backed by the orientation and programming bill of the Ministry of the Interior (Lopmi), which will be presented next Wednesday to the Council of Ministers.

This bill with an additional 15 billion euros over five years, presented as Emmanuel Macron's security program, is suspended depending on the result of the presidential election.

The issue of funding

Last week, the Minister of the Interior announced the signing by all police union organizations of a protocol endowed with nearly 800 million euros.

The last protocol on career upgrades for police officers and gendarmes dates back to April 2016.

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Signed by then Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, it provided for a financial effort of nearly 900 million euros by 2020 for the police and the gendarmes.

But all the measures could not materialize on the scheduled date, due to lack of funding.