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Vallaud-Belkacem’s Cour des comptes Appointment Defended as RN Prepares Legal Challenge

Pierre Moscovici insists the selection followed an objective concours procedure to dispel suggestions that Bayrou used it to secure Socialist neutrality on his 2026 budget

Cour des comptes : «Je ne suis pas copain» avec Najat Vallaud-Belkacem se défend Moscovici
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, ancienne ministre de l’Éducation nationale sous François Hollande.
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Pierre Moscovici lors de l’audience solennelle de rentrée de la Cour des comptes, le 30 janvier 2025.

Overview

  • Najat Vallaud-Belkacem was officially named conseillère maître at the Cour des comptes on July 16 on Prime Minister François Bayrou’s proposal.
  • The former education minister has denied any political favour, stating she obtained the role through the standard competitive concours process.
  • Pierre Moscovici, president of the Cour des comptes, affirmed he did not intervene and described the recruitment as perfectly objective and collective.
  • Deputies from Rassemblement National have condemned the nomination as political bargaining and plan to contest the decree before the Conseil d’État.
  • Socialist Party support or abstention remains pivotal for approving Bayrou’s €43.8 billion 2026 austerity plan and avoiding a motion of censure.