Jean Castex is tipped to take the helm of the RATP, the transport authority for Paris and its suburbs, franceinfo learned on Tuesday from his entourage, confirming information from Figaro
. The former Prime Minister
will succeed Catherine Guillouard (2017-2022) who decided to end her duties at the end of September. The High Authority for Transparency in Public Life (HATVP) issued a favorable opinion on Tuesday, a source familiar with the matter told franceinfo. His file must now be validated by the parliamentary committees and then the Council of Ministers.
Jean Castex is therefore preparing to take the head of a company that the current Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne knows well, since she directed the public establishment from 2015 to 2017.
Passionate about trains, he had already chaired the Transport Infrastructure Financing Agency (Afit) since August, a national public institution whose mission is to participate in the financing of major transport and mobility infrastructure projects, in compliance with the objectives of the sustainable development and according to government guidelines.
Mid-September, a photo of Jean Castex taking the Paris metro alone
reacted on social networks. “The former head of government has effectively given up most of the benefits to which he is entitled and travels regularly by public transport” explained then the True of False cell of franceinfo.