Amélie de Montchalin appointed first president of the Court of Auditors | EUROtoday

Appointed on Wednesday February 11 as the primary president of the Court of Auditors, Amélie de Montchalin will develop into on February 23 the primary lady to move this greater than two hundred-year-old establishment.

The selection of Amélie de Montchalin, present Minister of Public Accounts, introduced by authorities spokesperson Maud Bregeon on the finish of the Council of Ministers, was strongly criticized by the oppositions, from La France insoumise (LFI) to the National Rally (RN), as a result of she will likely be required to rule on the general public deficit and the budgetary decisions of the federal government of which she can have been an element.

But, for Maud Bregeon, this appointment “does not pose a conflict of interest” as a result of “the organization inherent to the Court of Auditors, the fact that it is based in particular on collegial decisions, establishes its independence”.

“Amélie de Montchalin has all the skills to carry out this mission. It is an appointment that follows what she demonstrated during the parliamentary debates. It is not unusual to have a political leader in this position, and we assume the responsibility of appointing a political leader,” she defended.

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Pure product of macronism

Unlike different prestigious positions, this appointment doesn’t require approval by Parliament’s finance committees. But because the presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy (2007-2012), the primary presidents of the Court of Auditors have been systematically chosen from the opposition.

“How could the current minister give a credible opinion on the budget that she herself prepared?” requested the LFI president of the Assembly’s finance committee, Éric Coquerel, who argued together with her for months over the 2026 finance regulation.

Beyond that, it’s extra a want attributed to Emmanuel Macron to position these near him on the head of the principle establishments as the top of his mandate approaches that is known as into query. Marine Le Pen thus accused the pinnacle of state on Wednesday of in search of to “place his faithful and disrupt the future democratic alternation”.

The oppositions additionally query the youth of the minister, aged 40, whereas her appointment is irrevocable and the age restrict for leaving the submit of first president of the Court of Auditors is 68 years.

A pure product of macronism, elected deputy in 2017 and propelled two years later into the second authorities of Édouard Philippe, earlier than a brief crossing of the desert, Amélie de Montchalin has established herself because the finish of 2024 inside the authorities group, the place she was recalled by François Bayrou.

His technical abilities, his repartee notably in the direction of the oppositions and his didactic tone over dozens of hours of debate had been praised by many parliamentarians, together with these within the opposition.

With AFP