With half of all current civil servants set to retire over the next ten years, Sarkozy has pledged to replace only one of every two. In 2007, the attrition rate was one out of three – short of the pledge, but a sharp reversal from previous decades, in which the ranks of civil servants grew significantly faster than private-sector employment.
&#160;&#160;&#160; 当前一半的公务员将会在未来十年中退休，萨尔科奇已经保证只会在每两个人中补充一个人。在2007年，减员率是三分之一，低于保证的比率，但还是与过去几十年大不相同。在那些时候，公务员的晋级要比私营企业的快很多。