New political appointment on the prime of some of the prestigious and uncovered establishments of the Republic. After putting Richard Ferrand as president of the Constitutional Council in 2025, Emmanuel Macron is making ready to nominate one other of his trustworthy on the head of the Court of Auditors: the present Minister of Action and Public Accounts, Amélie de Montchalin, indicated a number of sources throughout the government, Monday February 9, confirming data from the Figaro.
She would be the first girl to occupy this place for the reason that creation, by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807, of this establishment answerable for verifying using public funds and sanctioning failures to make use of them correctly below its jurisdictional features. At 40 years outdated, Amélie de Montchalin may even be the youngest president ever appointed to the Court, the place normally falling to males aged 50 to 60.
Her appointment as first president ought to happen on Wednesday February 11 within the Council of Ministers. His publish is scheduled for February 22, as a part of the federal government reshuffle introduced by Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, simply earlier than the beginning of the “reserve” interval previous the municipal elections in March.
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