"We've been warning about a France Telecom syndrome for years": a series of suicides at the Public Finance Department raises questions

In six months, twelve employees of the General Directorate of Public Finances (DGFiP ), an administration under the Ministry of Economy and Finance, have committed suicide, and eight have attempted to do so, according to figures from the Ministry of Finance. A meeting on the situation is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, July 9, to determine whether these brutal deaths are work-related.

For Nadia Djiab, co-secretary of the CGT Public Finances section in Paris, these suicides are clearly a symptom of deteriorating working conditions, constant reorganization, and job cuts imposed on employees over the past...