POLITICS – She finds herself attacked from all sides. Since the revelations of the investigative media Disclose on the shares held by the children ofAgnes Pannier-Runacher in an oil company created thanks to funds in particular domiciled in tax havens, criticism falls on the minister.
Especially that the shares held by the children of the Minister for Energy Transition are not mentioned on his declaration of interests. Agnès Pannier-Runacher has also been the subject since Tuesday, November 8 of investigations into her situation by the High Authority for the Transparency of Public Life (HATVP), as specified by the body with the HuffPost.
The minister claims to be in her right…
And that same day, during questions to the government, the main interested party was forced to explain herself, after a question from the socialist deputy Arthur Delaporte addressing the Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne. “ Did you know the information “On the situation of Agnès Pannier-Runacher revealed by Disclose, asked the deputy of Calvados. ” I learned this morning of the false and slanderous allegations published by Disclose “, replied immediately the Minister of Energy Transition, who also promised to bring “full transparency” on a subject that “has no connection with [s]office of minister.
“Were you aware of this information when you appointed Agnès Pannier-Runacher Minister of Transition… https://t.co/sK0hakyyIh
– National Assembly (@AssembleeNat)
Agnès Pannier-Runacher then elaborated on her justifications: “In 2016, my father wanted to prepare his succession by passing it on directly to his grandchildren. This transmission took place through a French company (the oil company Perenco), subject to French taxation in full compliance with the provisions applicable by French law. So there is nothing concealed, nothing hidden”. But the minister also stresses that she “does not benefit and will never benefit from these funds”.
“I have fulfilled the reporting obligations provided for by law, in particular with the HATVP which provides that declarations of assets do not concern the assets of children, including minors”she ends up concluding.
… oppositions cry conflict of interest
Explanations, which at this time, are struggling to convince, as evidenced by Arthur Delaporte’s response to the minister: ” Your answer is not satisfactory (…) and fuels distrust of the political class “.
Since the investigations of the media Disclose, a certain number of elected officials have indeed risen up against this new scandal within the government, especially since the post of Minister for Energy Transition is far from being totally foreign to the field. main activity of the family business at the heart of the revelations: oil. And that if his mission is to gradually get France out of fossil fuels, the objective of the company partly owned by his children is quite different.
What inspire the following formula to Cyrielle Chatelain, president of the environmental group in the National Assembly. ” We are almost on a Cahuzac 2.0 case she denounces. “Tartuffe”for his part, slammed MEP EELV Mounir Satouri, still at the National Assembly on Tuesday afternoon.
Calls for resignation
An observation shared by Danielle Simonnet, rebellious MP, who asks the minister to position herself clearly, even if it means resigning from her position in the government: “ Minister for energy transition or oil interests, you have to choose! “.
Revelations from @Disclose_ngo on Pannier-Runacher: “We are almost on a Cahuzac 2.0 affair”, denounces the pres… https://t.co/If0gNSBdmv
— Victor Boiteau (@v_boiteau)
Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Minister of Energy Transition, has well-hidden tax interests in a society… https://t.co/Mp519fFxvh
— Danielle Simonnet (@SimonnetDeputee)
Same story for the LFI deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis Clémentine Autain who mocks in a tweet “ exemplary in macronie “. In the same way as François Ruffin or Danièle Obono, also members of the party founded by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who both wonder about this new scandal around the question of tax havens. ” A sad democratic, ecological and financial scandal », even qualifies the vice-president of the LFI-Nupes group in the hemicycle.
🔴❌The minister in charge of a renewable energy bill has indirect interests in a company… https://t.co/DVXb4daszx
— Deputy Obono (@Deputee_Obono)
Agnès Pannier-Runacher, the Minister of Ecological Transition, is linked by her father and her three children to a so… https://t.co/R95k9DRMOY
— Francois Ruffin (@Francois_Ruffin)
The Minister of Energy Transition, Ms. Pannier-Runacher, maintains, according to the investigation by @Disclose_ngo, l… https://t.co/UJAnjskgaT
— Clemence Guette (@Clemence_Guette)
And the criticisms against Agnès Pannier-Runacher have even been exported outside the Assembly, since Greenpeace France asks this Tuesday in a press release for the resignation of the minister. ” Despite the obvious risk of conflict of interest, the Minister has never seen fit to make public (her) existence “, denounces the environmental protection NGO.
These revelations finish to complete the credibility of Agnès Pannier-Runacher as Minister of the National Transition… https://t.co/5jnB7Xp8H7
— Greenpeace France (@greenpeacefr)
“Greenpeace France therefore questions the legitimacy of the minister in charge of energy transition”, adds the NGO, without forgetting to point out that it is this same minister who will be present ” next week at the COP to carry the voice of France on… the exit from fossil fuels “. Quite a symbol.
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