Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
The French Ministry of National Education, a French public institution specialised in education, announced the elimination of 3,256 teaching posts across the country, affecting both public and private sectors.
1,891 are professors in the secondary education, and 1,365 in pre-elementary and elementary education. 412 of these jobs cuts will take place in the Lille Academy, 253 in Normandy, 240 in Nancy-Metz, 230 in Nantes, and 91 in Guadeloupe.
The restructuring is driven by demographic decline, prompting local authorities to close under-utilised classes and reduce optional education offerings. However, trade unions and professors are worried this will both impact the quality of education and intensify the workload of professors.
The ministry currently has a workforce of 1.2 million employees, including both staff and professors.
Several large-scale restructuring have been recorded in the ERM database, with the latest in 2023 Ministère de l'Education Nationale 2023 - FR.
Eurofound (2026), Ministère de l'Education Nationale, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 204608, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/204608.
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