“The Court of Auditors, under the guise of objectivity, advocates neoliberal policies” | EUROtoday

Lthe appointment of Amélie de Montchalin, who was minister of public accounts till February 12, as head of the Court of Auditors [à compter du 23 février] induced a scandal. Not as a result of she can be incompetent for the place – there appears to be unanimity to affirm the alternative – however as a result of she would then turn into the choose of what she was beforehand accountable for: she must determine on measures that she herself promoted. This is actually an issue, however it’s a state of affairs that can solely be momentary.

In truth, what’s stunning about this appointment is that it reveals what’s broadly identified to all those that observe appointments within the establishments of the Republic. We can cite right here quite a few examples of clientelist parachuting the place ex-ministers or quick advisors of the prince discover themselves on the head of establishments supposedly “independent”and which, for a few of them, are even endowed with jurisdictional energy which authorizes them to pronounce judgments and impose fines. Of this – with out even mentioning the Banque de France right here – examples abound: from the Energy Regulatory Commission, chaired by a former housing minister, Emmanuelle Wargon, on the Financial Markets Authority, chaired by the previous deputy director of François Fillon’s cupboard and former member of the Medef government committee Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani.

The improvement of “independent administrative authorities” (AAI) is among the markers of the transformation of the State below the empire of neoliberalism. Entire sections of collective selections are thus faraway from collective deliberation, that’s to say from democracy. What is in query right here is subsequently not a lot the folks because the procedures. In all circumstances, the result’s clear: all promote the identical orientation by way of financial and social coverage. As for the Court of Auditors, though its historical past clearly has way more depth than the AAI, it has not escaped this improvement: the historic choose of accounts alone has now turn into that of politicians.

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