One of the last legislative battles that was still looking for work. Amélie de Montchalin was appointed this Wednesday by the Council of Ministers to the prestigious position of ambassador to the Organization for International Cooperation and Development (OECD).
The appointments of former ministers have multiplied in recent weeks, almost 6 months after the legislative elections that saw the defeat of Macron’s pillars.
administration charges
to get started john castex who was appointed director general of the RATP. Matignon’s former tenant had made it known at the end of his five-year term that he wanted to take a “rest” from the columns of the Parisianwithout wanting to be a deputy or re-enter a new ministerial function.
Less than a month and a half after his departure from the government, he was finally appointed president of the Agency for the financing of transport infrastructure in France, before resigning to head the transport network of Ile-de-France.
Brigitte Bourguignon, the former Minister of Health, defeated in her constituency of Pas-de-Calais during the last legislative elections, joined the General Inspectorate of Social Affairs.
private arrivals
A few days earlier, the former Minister of the Interior and former head of the Renaissance deputies, Christopher Castañer he was appointed president of the board of directors of the French concession company for the construction and operation of the road tunnel under Mont-Blanc. By losing the legislative elections, he too was appointed a member of the Supervisory Board of the port of Fos-Marseille, to the chagrin of some of the stevedores who mobilized against this appointment.
Several other macronism figures have also moved into the private sector, such as the former Minister of Transportation. Jean-Baptiste Djebbari has joined the board of directors of Hopium, a luxury hydrogen car start-up.
He had also considered joining the shipowner giant CMA-CGM, before being questioned by the High Authority over the transparency of public life. The body in charge in particular of preventing conflicts of interest of former ministers had pointed out “substantial ethical risks”.
“During a period of three years”, any ex-minister “must go to the High Authority to examine whether the new private activities that he plans to carry out are compatible with his old functions”, can be read on the institution’s website.
Next, it “checks” “whether the planned activity raises criminal or ethical difficulties”. “When you identify such difficulties, you can issue an opinion of incompatibility, which prevents the person from carrying out the planned activity, or of compatibility with reservations”, it is still learned there.
If the organization gave the green light to Jean-Baptiste Djebbari with “reservations” for his entry into Hopium, the president of the High Authority had lamented a “clumsiness or lack of finesse on the part of society and perhaps of the minister”. He had formalized this new position when he was still in office in the government.
HATVP negatives
Finally, Julien Denormandie, was hired at the beginning of the school year by Sweet, an emissions reduction consulting start-up for businesses. The former agriculture minister has had strong reservations from HATVP regarding his plan to launch his own consultancy firm.
“Therefore, Mr. Denormandie must observe very particular caution in the choice of his clients or the companies in which he will participate, in particular if the latter belong to the sectors” for which he was responsible, such as the City or Housing, has judged the institution.
Federico Vidal, who headed Higher Education for several years, was unable to enter Skema Business School due to a grant from his ministry.
Source: BFM TV
