The candidacy of the LR mayor of Charleville-Mézières, in the Ardennes, had been proposed by the President of the Republic despite the opposition of a majority of parliament.
The LR mayor of Charleville-Mézières (Ardennes), Boris Ravignon, has been officially appointed head of the Environment and Energy Management Agency (Ademe), the public body announced on Thursday. “He will put his experience at the service of the projects undertaken by the Ademe for the Ecological Transition, in particular the deployment of France2030“, the vast investment plan intended in particular to ensure the decarbonization of the economy, indicated Ademe on its Twitter account.
“It is thanks to my local roots, my knowledge of environmental issues and my commitment to the ecological transition of my territory that I am now heading Ademe.“said Boris Ravignon in a press release, considering that the”Agency’s role is essential to implement solutions towards a carbon-neutral and more sober society“. “I am very proud and honored to put my energy at the service of the projects undertaken by Ademe to support more and more players in taking up the challenge of the climate and the preservation of resources.“, he added.
His appointment was validated on December 14 by parliamentarians, despite a majority of votes cast against. But according to the Constitution, parliamentarians must nevertheless bring together “at least three-fifths of the votes castto oppose a nomination proposed by the President. In April, the mayor of Charleville-Mézières had given his support to Emmanuel Macron against the candidate LR Valérie Pécresse for the presidential election. The two men, both enarques of the same generation (Boris Ravignon is 47 and Emmanuel Macron 44), worked together at the General Inspectorate of Finance in Bercy in 2004-2005, before Boris Ravignon joined Nicolas Sarkozy, then Minister of the Interior and running for the 2007 presidential election. In 2008, Ravignon joined the cabinet of the president in charge of sustainable development, transport and regional planning and will participate, in particular, in the Grenelle de l’Environnement. He has been mayor of Charleville-Mézières since 2014.
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Since September 1, the presidency of the Ademe Board of Directors has been held on an interim basis by Patrick Lavarde, after the resignation in June of the previous president Arnaud Leroy, another close friend of the President of the Republic and pillar of the 2017 campaign. .