According to the French newspaper Le Parisien, French President Emmanuel Macron is under investigation, in a judicial investigation, on charges of "favoritism" and "illicit financing of the 2017 election campaign" by the National Financial Prosecutor (PNF).
The investigations concern the links between Emmanuel Macron and the consulting firm McKinsey.
According to reports from Le Parisien and France Info, the investigation concerns the links between Macron and private consultancy firms, therefore, external to the public administration.
Le Parisien speaks of suspected illicit financing in the presidential campaigns that led him to the Elysée in 2017 and 2022, as well as the attribution of some public contracts.
In a note, the French National Financial Prosecutor's Office (Pnf) never mentions Macron's name but announces that it has opened two judicial files at the end of October concerning respectively "the conditions of intervention of consultancy offices in the French electoral campaigns of 2017 and 2022 " and related suspicions of "favoritism".
The note was released by the offices of the public prosecutor, Jean-François Bohnert.
During the 2022 presidential campaign, criticism against Macron had multiplied, especially with respect to the contracts concluded in the last five years between the state and private consultancy firms such as the American McKinsey.
On March 17, the Senate revealed that the state's procurement of this type of private consulting firm "more than doubled" between 2018 and 2021, reaching a record of more than $1 billion in 2021. McKinsey was the private consulting firm most requested by the French authorities during the pandemic.
The senators' report has aroused harsh criticism on the use of public funds and the opposition has called for an investigation into any favoritism towards the US multinational.
in particular with respect to the contracts concluded in the last five years between the State and private consultancy firms such as the American McKinsey.
On March 17, the Senate revealed that the state's procurement of this type of private consulting firm "more than doubled" between 2018 and 2021, reaching a record of more than $1 billion in 2021. McKinsey was the private consulting firm most requested by the French authorities during the pandemic.
The senators' report has aroused harsh criticism on the use of public funds and the opposition has called for an investigation into any favoritism towards the US multinational.
in particular with respect to the contracts concluded in the last five years between the State and private consultancy firms such as the American McKinsey.
On March 17, the Senate revealed that the state's procurement of this type of private consulting firm "more than doubled" between 2018 and 2021, reaching a record of more than $1 billion in 2021. McKinsey was the private consulting firm most requested by the French authorities during the pandemic.
The senators' report has aroused harsh criticism on the use of public funds and the opposition has called for an investigation into any favoritism towards the US multinational.
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 solicited by the authorities French during the pandemic.
The senators' report has aroused harsh criticism on the use of public funds and the opposition has called for an investigation into any favoritism towards the US multinational.
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 solicited by the authorities French during the pandemic.
The senators' report has aroused harsh criticism on the use of public funds and the opposition has called for an investigation into any favoritism towards the US multinational.
Justice must investigate "in full independence".
The Elysee made it known, regarding the investigation into a consultancy firm in which President Macron is allegedly involved.