*Maxime Tandonnet notably published
André Tardieu. L'incompris
(Perrin, 2019), which has just been republished in the “
Tempus
” collection (pocket), enriched with an alphabet of his quotes.
The theme of “dismissal of civil servants” or the elimination of job security in the public service has come back into fashion. The subject deserves to be explored in depth, in the light of facts and not ideology. Certainly, article 15 of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789 provides:
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Society has the right to demand accountability from any public agent for its administration.
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One of the fundamental principles of French society, with constitutional value, affirms the responsibility of the civil servant. The latter is not untouchable, his failings, his mistakes are punishable, including dismissal.
Moreover, the civil service code, resulting in particular from the laws of 1946 and 1983, does not say anything else. Its article L. 533-1 provides for revocation for…