After a day of rumours, the appointment of Jean Castex at the head of the RATP (autonomous transport authority of Paris) was confirmed this Wednesday by Emmanuel Macron.
The former Prime Minister, appointed this summer as President of the Board of Directors of the Agency for the Financing of Transport Infrastructure in France (Afit France), will succeed Catherine Guillouard, give up for personal reasons, namely to dedicate himself to his role as “close carer” for his parents, away from Paris.
she herself had achieved Elizabeth Borne in this position in 2017 and was re-elected in July 2019 for a period of five years.
Questions
“The HATVP (High Authority for Transparency in Public Life, Editor’s Note) issued a favorable opinion this afternoon,” added a source familiar with the matter, specifying that the former Matignon tenant will now have to “be heard by the parliamentary committees. then the Council of Ministers”.
Despite this green light, this appointment raises some questions. The specialized site Mobilettre thus recalls that “the launching of Jean Castex would be the result of a practice derogating from the contracting process put in place by the APE (Agence des holdings de l’Etat) for a month, namely the hearing of the company Jouve & Associés from the many candidates”.
57 years old, the former head of government from July 3, 2020 to May 16, 2022 is a graduate of the ENA. Originally from Gers, he was also mayor of Prades (Pyrenees-Orientales) and admits to being a railway worker.
The RATP, which manages 330 lines in Ile-de-France and transports more than three million passengers a day through its bus network, is currently going through all the problems in the world to maintain a complete service, in a context of absenteeism, contracting difficulties or opening up to competition.
Source: BFM TV
