46It must be held that, while the difference in treatment at issue cannot be justified by the public interest which attaches, in itself, to the methods of recruitment of permanent workers, the fact remains that considerations based on the characteristics of the law governing the national civil service, such as those referred to in paragraphs 42 to 44 of the present judgment, are capable of justifying such a difference in treatment. In that regard, the conditions of impartiality, efficiency and independence of the administration imply a certain permanence and stability of employment. Those considerations, which have no counterpart in standard employment law, explain and justify the limitations on the power of public employers unilaterally to terminate employment contracts and, as a consequence, the national legislature’s decision not to grant them the right to choose between reinstatement and compensation for harm suffered owing to wrongful dismissal.
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