Constitutional Council: in the National Assembly, the future “wise” Véronique Malbec defends her probity


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The law commission was favorable, this Wednesday, to the entry into the Constitutional Council of the magistrate, whose appointment blown by Richard Ferrand had raised strong criticism.

After the Minister of Territorial Cohesion, Jacqueline Gourault, whose Parliament validated the appointment to the Constitutional Council this Wednesday morning, it was the turn of the current chief of staff of the Keeper of the Seals, Véronique Malbec, to go to the grill before the deputies. The law commission of the National Assembly auditioned in the afternoon the 63-year-old magistrate, whose choice by Richard Ferrand caused a stir last week. In question: suspicions of dismissal. In 2017, Véronique Malbec was Attorney General at the Rennes Court of Appeal, a function that led her to oversee the legal setbacks of the President of the National Assembly in the case of Mutuelles de Bretagne. As noted by Le Monde, the magistrate was indeed the superior of the prosecutor of Brest having dismissed the preliminary investigation targeting the deputy of Finistère, in October 2017. Some see it, moreover, a way to resettle a faithful from Eric…



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