Public Service Institute to replace elite civil servant school

Macron abolishes ENA in reform aimed at appeasing French protesters

France’s finishing school for civil servants, the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA), is to be closed following a final decision by president Emmanuel Macron.

Macron, who toyed with the idea of shuttering the school for two years, last week laid out his vision for a reformed civil service education and research centre during a video conference with senior state employees.