The former housing minister was appointed for a six-year term. She replaces Jean-François Carenco, who has become Minister Delegate for Overseas Territories.
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A new function for the former Minister of Housing. Emmanuelle Wargon has been formally appointed head of the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) by President Emmanuel Macron, according to a decree published on Wednesday August 17 in the Official Journal. She has been named “for a non-renewable term of six years”, specifies the CREand Jean-François Carenco, who became Minister Delegate for Overseas Territories.
Emmanuelle Wargon had been proposed in July by the Elysée to chair the CRE, the independent authority responsible for guaranteeing the proper functioning of the French energy markets. It is this commission that proposes regulated gas and electricity tariffs in France. “Very honored by the confidence of the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister”, reacted Emmanuelle Wargon on Twitter.
Very honored by the confidence of the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister.
As I committed to during the parliamentary hearings, with the support of the National Assembly, I will exercise my mandate in complete independence, at the service of the French people. https://t.co/sh27bymDRG— Emmanuelle Wargon (@EmmWargon) August 17, 2022
At the beginning of August, the parliamentarians had expressed a majority against his arrival at the head of the energy regulator, but had not gathered the qualified majority necessary to derail this appointment desired by the Elysée. Emmanuelle Wargon had collected a total of 43 votes for and 48 against her appointment within the two chambers. According to the Constitution, parliamentarians must, however, bring together “at least three-fifths of the votes cast” to oppose a nomination proposed by the President.