DECRYPTION – The renewal of the political landscape is leading more and more former ministers and elected officials to start a second career in the private sector. An evolution that leads to questioning the rules in place.
The announcement, but especially its timing, surprised. On May 16, even though the government of Jean Castex has not yet announced its resignation, the start-up Hopium, specializing in hydrogen cars, announces that it will offer Jean-Baptiste Djebbari a place on its board of directors. ‘administration. Coming from the private sector, the former Minister Delegate in charge of Transport therefore returns there, a transition with which he also said to himself “not at all uncomfortable“.
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The former airline pilot is not the only elected official to consider a new life in the private sector after a stint in the political world. The same questions run through the National Assembly, where 109 deputies, according to a count made by opinion , will not seek re-election. Half of them – 54 – are labeled La République en Marche (LREM): we find there, for example, Mounir Mahjoubi, former Secretary of State for Digital Affairs and deputy for Paris, or even Pierre Person, a promising young shoot from the macronie…
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