Ten days before the first round of the presidential election in France, new revelations point to the massive use of the State to these expensive consulting firms. A ” sword of Damocles “Above the head of Emmanuel Macron, formula this morning Release. Which daily hoists “on the front page” the ” quack it costs » of « the McKinsey case “. Let’s resume…
It was fifteen days ago. The Senate published a report on the growing influence of these cabinets on public policy » and especially their costs. Immediately, McKinsey plunged into turmoil. And for good reason, the senators pointed in particular to the real tax optimization practiced by this American consulting firm which allowed it to declare itself not subject to corporate tax between 2011 and 2020 in France.
Now this is the site Mediapart which reveals that McKinsey “ worked for free for Emmanuel Macron upon his arrival at the Ministry of the Economy “. Free ? In business law, we talk about performance pro bono. This online newspaper specifies that it was “ benefits pro bono, without contract or remuneration, to Emmanuel Macron when he was Minister of the Economy between 2014 and 2016.
Mediapart thus reports a ” contract “between McKinsey and the ministry of Emmanuel Macron” end of 2015 » relating to « law Project “Noah” (for “new economic opportunities”), aiming to “liberate” business growth “, contract to lead to the bill “Macron 2”, and prepared “ by a working group formed around a team of four consultants from the consulting firm “. According to this online journal, “ while discussions had been engaged on the remuneration of this mission, McKinsey finally decided to work for free “.
Information confirmed to Mediapart at the Ministry of Economy and Finance by the Directorate General for Enterprise, Mediapart also reports that ” at the same time, several members of the department “public sector” of McKinsey participated, just as graciously, in the launch of En Marche », the political movement of the candidate Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election of 2017, in France.
When the macronie cries ” to the wolf »
This warning issued by a strong supporter of Emmanuel Macron, Edouard Philippe: “ Marine Le Pen can win “. The former Prime Minister tells the newspaper The Parisian. ” Sure (than) Marine Le Pen can win he says. Begging readers to believe him, Edouard Philippe adds that, “ if she won, things would be (…) seriously different for the country. And not better. His program is dangerous “, said the former head of the first Macron government to the Parisian.
” Help, the far right is coming back », ironise Le Figaro, with a formula that has become “the Macronist leitmotif of this end of the campaign”. According to this newspaper, “the idea is simple: to improve the reports of votes coming from a left and a right to date hostile to the head of state. But is it enough to invoke antilepenism to ward off antimacronism? “, asks himself Le Figaroof a question containing, of course, his answer…
Le Drian’s skepticism
Status quo in Ukraine, where Jean-Yves Le Drian does not discern anything concrete signaling a change of direction by the Russians. In an interview at Figarothe French Minister of Foreign Affairs believes that despite recent statements by the Kremlin, Russian forces in Ukraine are not showing “ no concrete element » backsliding or disengagement. ” I do not see any concrete element on the ground which indicates at this stage a real and lasting inflection of the Russians says Jean-Yves Le Drian. ” Even though the progress of their forces is slower than the Kremlin had hoped, today I did not notice any significant setbacks, or even a real ceasefire. “, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Figaro.
