(ANSA) – PARIS, MARCH 29 – Less than two weeks before the first round of the presidential elections of 10 and 24 April, criticism is multiplying in France against the candidate president, Emmanuel Macron, in particular, with respect to the contracts concluded in the last few five years between the state and private consulting firms such as the American McKinsey.
On March 17, the Senate revealed that state orders for this type of private consultancy “more than doubled” between 2018 and 2021, reaching a record of over one billion euros in 2021. , McKinsey, was the private consultancy firm most sought after by the French authorities during the pandemic.
“If there is evidence of manipulation, let it go to the criminal”, said Macron, speaking on the show ‘Dimanche Politique’ on France 3. “You get the impression that there have been some messes, it’s false. No contract is concluded. in the République without respecting the rules on public procurement “.
For the candidate president, when ministries “work day and night”, “asking outside suppliers for help is not shocking.” McKinesy is also accused by the Senate of not paying the corporation tax for years and the senators recently denounced a group leader, Karim Tadjeddine, for perjury regarding relations with the French tax authorities.
For Macron, this situation is due to old outdated tax rules. And yet, the founder of En Marche defended, “I fought” to establish a minimum tax on large groups and “in a few months these cases will be banned”.
In recent weeks, as the vote for the Elysée approaches, numerous presidential candidates, including Yannick Jadot (EELV), Eric Zemmour (Reconquete), or Jean-Luc Mélenchon (La France Insoumise) have denounced the use of companies private advice from the government. Some, like Xavier Bertrand, go so far as to speak of a “state scandal”.
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