If Jean-Luc Mélenchon is elected President of the Republic, the use of private consulting firms, such as McKinsey, “it will be over”, promised Adrien Quatennens, coordinator of La France insoumise and support of the candidate, this Thursday on franceinfo. If the government defended itself, in a press conference the day before, of an unreasonable recourse to these cabinets, the deputy of the North considers that it is about “scandal”.
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For him, “the subject is first of all the place that these private consulting firms take in government policy”. “The use of private consulting firms, during Emmanuel Macron’s five-year term, has doubled in terms of expenditure [2,36% entre 2018 et 2021]”he recalled, and reached “more than a billion euros” in 2021, as noted in the report of the Senate Commission of Inquiry into the growing influence of consulting firms on public policy.
According to Adrien Quatennens, “the fact that the President of the Republic has a certain form of feverishness in his response” to opposition critics in this matter and “the fact that there is a press conference dedicated to this subject shows that there is a problem”. “If there is evidence of manipulation, let it go to the criminal court”launched the president-candidate, in response to his detractors, on Sunday on France 3.
Use of consulting firms ➡️ “It will be over. We think that the public administration has ample means to respond to these major missions. Yes, it’s a scandal,” says Adrien Quatennens. pic.twitter.com/Q81Akh637J
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“Why is that a problem? First, we have a good quality public administration and there we have exceptional recourse to private firms”he denounced. “What are they doing? They are people who take your watch to tell you the time, who make beautiful Powerpoints, who try to show you how we can do more with less”he added.
McKinsey case ➡️ “I do not dispute at all the fact that there are public procurement rules. The subject is the place taken by these consulting firms in government policy,” says Adrien Quatennens, support for Jean-Luc Mélenchon. pic.twitter.com/XCXu39pa3W
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He estimates that “in this case, the taxpayer is fleeced three times”. “First, these are contracts that are extremely expensive, second, these people do not pay taxes, at least as far as McKinsey is concerned, and third, their advice is often used to reduce social protection and public services”he listed.
“The senators’ investigation attests that the McKinsey firm has not paid corporate tax in France for at least 10 years”, says the Senate Commission of Inquiry into the growing influence of consulting firms on public policy in its report. McKinsey denies it but “the facts are established”, again insisted on franceinfo Arnaud Bazin, senator LR who chaired the Commission,
McKinsey case ➡️ “We went to tax services: McKinsey Company and McKinsey SAS have not paid a euro in taxes for the past 10 years. The facts are established,” recalls Arnaud Bazin, chairman of the Senate inquiry committee. pic.twitter.com/NvADLQmVjO
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