The decree is published in the Official Journal a week after an investigation by the media Disclose which had provoked strong political reactions.
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The Minister for Energy Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, will not be able to deal with matters related to three companies, including the oil company Perenco, of which her father was a leader, according to a decree published Tuesday, November 15 in the Official Journal . In order to prevent any conflict of interest, the decree specifies that the Minister “does not know of any acts of any kind relating to the international defense consulting group, the EP2C group and the Perenco group”.
On November 8, an investigation by the media Disclose had revealed that the children of the minister were partners in a company based on funds domiciled in tax havens and transmitted by Jean-Michel Runacher. According to Disclose, this heritage comes from hedge funds based in Delaware, Ireland and Guernsey, in which Perenco also held investments. In the wake of these revelations, the High Authority for the transparency of public life (HATVP) opened an investigation into the minister.
“On the occasion of the update of her deportation decree due to the change of post of her companion, the minister took the initiative to integrate Perenco into it, in order to cut short any criticism”, informed his entourage to franceinfo. The minister’s entourage recalls that “as part of his duties in government”Agnes Pannier-Runacher “has never had to make a decision concerning this foreign group, nor even to meet its representatives”.