The former Minister of National Education was appointed master advisor to the Court of Auditors, this Wednesday, July 16.
Illustration / Gilles Bader
The written report of the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, July 16 confirmed the news: former socialist minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem was appointed “Master advisor to the Court of Auditors“. And this,”On a proposal from the Prime Minister“, François Bayrou. A hypothesis already mentioned for several days and which is controversial.
The Chained duck published an article last week in which he affirms that behind this assignment hides a maneuver by François Bayrou. The objective would be to put the socialist party in the pocket, since the candidate is none other than the wife of the president of the Socialist Party group (PS) in the National Assembly, Boris Vallaud.
“The Republic of girlfriends and rascals”
The newspaper claims that François Bayrou wants to obtain the assurance that the president of the PS abandons the idea of a censorship of the budget government in the fall. In response, the deputy for the national rally Jean-Philippe Tanguy threatened on Wednesday to attack this appointment to the Council of State, criticizing “The Republic of friends and rascals”.
“What a joke!”had reacted Ms. Vallaud-Belkacem in a message posted on X, specifying that she had used the path of a competition. She had said herself “always reluctant to honor an answer to absurdities “, and refuted any appointment “policy“Aiming to coax the PS, informs the HuffPost.
The president of the Court of Auditors Pierre Moscovici said he “Shocked” by the attacks which the former minister was the subject. “She arrived by a perfectly objective, perfectly collective professional recruitment procedure and without my intervening in anything“He said on France Info. “So let’s stop friends with the Republic and recognize from time to time that merit can be diverse”, he continued.
The appointment on the proposal of the Prime Minister makes the teeth cringe
But a government press release evokes an appointment “on a proposal“by François Bayrou, and recalls that the”concours “In question does not really correspond to a battery of tests to be overcome.
“The decree of March 12, 2025 which opens five posts of expert masters experts speaks of a simple submission of applications; The appointment comes by decree on the proposal of the 1st president (here the socialist Pierre Moscovici editor’s note) after the opinion of an integration commission “, Obviously observed the historian specialist in economic elites, Hervé Joly, reports the HuffPost.
“Last year, there were four positions of advisers (masters) experts at the Court of Auditors for three state administrators and a university professor received. This year the same year, except that there was an extra fifth position for Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, the only one without title. The world is well done “, he still quips, especially since the former minister is the first personality to be appointed without having made a career in the public service.
