France opens investigation after suicides in the Prime Minister's administration
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French justice has opened an investigation after two suicides and two suicide attempts in seven months in the Prime Minister's administration. A report for moral harassment was filed at the end of June with the Paris prosecutor's office.
Two suicides and two suicide attempts were recorded in the French Prime Minister's Office between the end of 2025 and August 2026.1 A staff representative reported acts of moral harassment in Matignon to the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office on 25 June 2026.2,1 A public servant filed a “bullying” complaint after weeks of alleged bullying.2
Government instability is mentioned as one of the reasons for the malaise of civil servants in the administrations of the rue de Varenne.1 The judicial investigation was opened following the report of June 2026.2,1
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