Overview
- The finance ministry’s circular, issued Thursday in response to rising fuel costs tied to the Middle East conflict, instructs ministries to raise telework use for eligible staff up to the legal three-day weekly limit.
- Meetings, trainings, seminars and juries should move to audio or video calls to cut commuting and short work trips.
- Professional travel must be limited to tasks that keep state services running, such as urgent interventions, security operations or inspections.
- Agencies are told to steer staff to support like the €50 fuel allowance for low‑income workers who drive long distances.
- The CGT union criticizes the plan as too weak and warns it will reduce service quality, and other unions note many frontline roles, such as school and childcare staff or street cleaners, cannot be done remotely.