Amélie de Montchalin, newly appointed head of the Court of Auditors, will exclude herself from debates on public funds 2025 | EUROtoday

Amélie de Montchalin, new first president of the Court of Auditors, will “refrain from participating” to the debates on public funds 2025, introduced the Court of Auditors in a press launch printed Monday February 23.

“The first president has decided to abstain from participating in the deliberations relating to the work relating to the execution of the State budget and Social Security for 2025 and the certification of the 2025 accounts as well as the reports concerning the organizations over which she has exercised authority over the last three years”declared the establishment.

The former Minister of Action and Public Accounts took up her new place on Monday.

Lively controversy after his appointment

Regarding the 2026 funds, which M^me Montchalin as minister, no announcement was made. “Pursuant to Article L. 120-10 of the Financial Jurisdictions Code, the first president today submitted her declaration of interests to the Court’s ethics panel”merely acknowledged the Court of Auditors.

The appointment of M^me Montchalin by the President of the Republic on February 11 precipitated a vigorous controversy within the political world. The opposition denounced the battle of curiosity for an outgoing minister liable for ruling on the general public deficit or the budgetary decisions of a authorities of which she was a component.

Before the general public accounts, Amélie de Montchalin had been Secretary of State for European Affairs, Minister of the Civil Service then Minister of Ecological Transition, a place she left after her defeat within the legislative elections in 2022.