Emmanuel Macron, by appointing relations to key positions, is accused of weakening establishments | EUROtoday

De all of the appointments made by Emmanuel Macron since 2017, that is undoubtedly probably the most transgressive: by deciding to nominate the Minister of Public Accounts, Amélie de Montchalin, on the head of the Court of Auditors, the Head of State has definitely exercised his “institutional prerogatives”as we wish to remind folks on the Elysée, however its selection breaks with probably the most anchored makes use of of the V^e Republic.

It is custom, the truth is, to nominate Rue Cambon to folks of their sixties on the finish of their profession, having, in line with the system of the previous President of the Constitutional Council Laurent Fabius, “nothing to fear, nothing to hope for”. However, at 40 years outdated, Amélie de Montchalin might nonetheless declare main political obligations within the years to come back.

On the opposite hand, the Minister of Public Accounts, who may have spent months defending the 2026 finances earlier than the deputies, will discover herself in a couple of days choose of the accounts that she herself helped to determine. The query, removed from being rhetorical, highlights an unprecedented pressure between the manager and an establishment accountable, exactly, for controlling it.

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