The results of the government's testing to combat hiring discrimination will be published in June.

Launched in December, this campaign, dubbed "Talents de France", resulted in the sending of 16.000 CVs responding to 4.000 real job offers in 20 different sectors of activity.

The objective is "to objectively measure the state of discrimination according to four criteria: sex, first name, last name and postal code", stressed Aurore Bergé, Minister Delegate in charge of the Fight against Discrimination.

"The first results will be published in June and will be transparent," she added during a speech at the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE) in Paris.

According to the minister, "never has the feeling of being downgraded, discouraged and left behind been so profound", with "too many French people" having "the feeling that the social elevator is broken".

"Doubt arises when, with equal skills, one is never called back, when a CV is dismissed without explanation, when an internship becomes inaccessible due to lack of network, when a territory becomes a label, when a first name becomes a suspicion," she continued.

According to a barometer from the Defender of Rights and the International Labour Organization (ILO), published in 2017, one in three workers said they had been discriminated against at work or in their job search in the past five years, primarily because of gender, age and origin.

"This is an unacceptable injustice, a human tragedy and an economic aberration," denounced Aurore Bergé, arguing that "the battle for growth and innovation cannot be won by leaving talent by the wayside."

In May 2025, the minister told AFP that the idea behind this testing campaign was that "we could, if necessary, change the law, particularly regarding sanctions against companies." She also mentioned the creation of "mechanisms comparable" to the gender equality index.