Laurent Nuñez promises police officers an increase in their risk premium, unions unhappy

The Minister of the Interior proposed to the unions, Friday, November 13, an increase in the police's special hardship allowance (ISSP), their risk premium, after more than a month of blockades of high schools and universities, as well as demonstrations, which mobilized significant police forces.

“Given the unprecedented risks to which police officers and gendarmes are currently exposed,” reports the Ministry of the Interior after this meeting, Laurent Nuñez “was keen to present to the representative organizations a plan for revaluing the special hardship allowance, which had not been revalued since 2019”.

This revaluation, which would bring the rate of this bonus to 33.5%, "would be carried out over three years, until 2029, with a first step in April 2027. On this basis, discussions are continuing", assures the ministry in a message to the press, underlining the "constrained budgetary context".

“This is not tolerable, it is even unacceptable”

“The timetable is not working. It is insufficient,” reacted the secretary general of Unsa Police, Thierry Clair. “The minister tells us that the subject is still on the table, that he hopes to do better. We really hope he does better. Because at the moment, that does not satisfy us at all,” added Grégory Joron, secretary general of Un1té.

“It is not tolerable, it is even unacceptable. I was even going to say that it is indecent to find oneself in such a situation. I have the impression of begging and, believe me, I am almost ashamed. I am sad for all my colleagues this evening, also said the Secretary General of Alliance, Fabien Vanhemelryck. I am disgusted.” Calling on other organizations to “stand together to defend the police profession”, Alliance promised to toughen its tone next week, launching on X “a call for all possible and imaginable strikes”.

The increase in the ISSP bonus to a rate of 35% has been demanded by all police unions for several months. Created in 1958, it is the result of the merger of risk and danger premiums. It is included in the calculation of the retirement pension of national police officials.