The Ministry of the Interior said on Tuesday that Christian Gravel, the prefect in charge of the Interministerial Committee for the Prevention of Delinquency and Radicalization (CIPDR) managing the controversial Marianne Fund for the fight against separatism, “wished to submit his resignation, which been accepted”.
Christian Gravel, prefect responsible for the Interministerial Committee for the Prevention of Delinquency and Radicalization (CIPDR) managing the controversial Marianne Fund for the fight against separatism, “wished to submit his resignation, which was accepted”, said the Ministry of l ‘Interior Tuesday in a statement. This decision follows the publication of a report by the General Inspectorate of Administration (IGA) concerning the subsidy paid to one of the associations benefiting from the fund by the CIPDR. Christian Gravel was the secretary general of this fund management committee, based at the Ministry of the Interior.
A fund initially endowed with 2.5 million euros
“The general secretariat of the CIPDR has not carried out the due diligence necessary for the proper monitoring of the execution of the subsidy paid to the USEPPM”, the main association beneficiary of the fund, denounces the report of the IGA published by Place Beauvau . “This failure is, in part, attributable to the association, which did not send the documentation required by the agreement on time. It also stems from failures in the organization of the service, a lack of vigilance and privileged treatment reserved for this association”, he adds.
Initially endowed with 2.5 million euros, the Marianne fund launched on April 20, 2021 by Marlène Schiappa after the shock caused by the assassination of Professor Samuel Paty, aimed to finance associations carrying speeches promoting the values of the Republic. to bring, especially on social networks, the contradiction to radical Islam.
A call for projects “neither transparent nor fair”
The report also points out that the CIPDR’s “call for projects” to select initiatives “was neither transparent nor fair”. He still regrets that “the use made of the subsidy received by the USEPPM (which was initially to receive approximately 355.00 euros, editor’s note) was not in accordance with the objectives set in the agreement” between it and the CIPDR. And that “part of the grant was not spent in accordance with the agreement”.
The mission “recommends” that “the CIPDR request the USEPPM to reimburse nearly half of the subsidy paid”. All the recommendations of the IGA “will be implemented”, indicates Beauvau. According to the ministry, another IGA report on all 17 associations benefiting from the fund will be submitted at the end of June.
Source: Europe1
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