PARIS (Reuters) – SNCF Chairman and CEO Jean-Pierre Farandou will not be reappointed as head of French railways but will retain his position until the end of the Paris Olympics this summer, the French railway company announced on Tuesday. government.
“In order to guarantee the proper organization of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games”, Jean-Pierre Farandou, whose mandate is due to end on May 13, “will ensure, at the request of the State, the continuity of his functions” , declares the government in a press release.
After the Games, “the President of the National Assembly and the President of the Senate will be informed by the President of the Republic of the name of the envisaged successor”.
Jean-Pierre Farandou, who has chaired SNCF since 2019, will also be heard on Tuesday by a Senate committee after the recent signing of an agreement on the end of the careers of railway workers.
This agreement would circumvent the pension reform implemented with difficulty last year by the government and earned the CEO a summons from the Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire.
(Written by Kate Entringer)
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