This is a first since the constitutional revision of 2008. The appointment of the mayor LR of Charleville-Mézières (Ardennes) Boris Ravignon at the head of Ademe, the ecological transition agency, was challenged this Wednesday by Parliament , learned Agence France-Presse (AFP) from a parliamentary source. An unprecedented rejection, largely caused by his desire to combine several functions.
More than three-fifths of elected officials voted against, the quota required under the Constitution to oppose an appointment proposed by the President of the Republic, after Boris Ravignon’s hearing in committee on Wednesday morning. This is the first time that a candidate proposed by the Élysée, at Ademe or elsewhere, has been challenged since this procedure introduced in 2008 in article 13 of the Constitution. In detail, 57 deputies and senators voted against, and 32 for.
Ademe participates in the implementation of public policies in the fields of climate and energy, and advises companies and institutions on their ecological transitions. The appointment of Boris Ravignon, for an interim period following the resignation of Arnaud Leroy from the presidency of Ademe, had been validated for the first time on December 14 by parliamentarians, despite a majority of votes cast against , but without 3/5 being reached. But following the renewal of Ademe’s board of directors on February 14 and the official end of Arnaud Leroy’s mandate, it had to be reconfirmed by parliamentarians for Boris Ravignon’s mandate to be renewed.
In April 2022, the mayor of Charleville-Mézières had given his support to Emmanuel Macron against the candidate LR Valérie Pécresse for the presidential election.
The two men, both enarques of the same generation (Boris Ravignon is 47 and Emmanuel Macron 44), worked together at the General Inspectorate of Finance in Bercy in 2004-2005, before Boris Ravignon joined Nicolas Sarkozy, then Interior Minister and running for the 2007 presidential election.
In 2008, Ravignon joined the cabinet of the president in charge of sustainable development, transport and regional planning and took part in the Grenelle de l’Environnement. He has been mayor of Charleville-Mézières since 2014.
