Macron under investigation for illegal financing for 2017 campaign

According to reports by Le Parisien, the investigation concerns links between Macron and private consulting firms, foreign to public administration.

Le Parisien speaks of alleged illegal financing in presidential campaigns that took him to Elysee in 2017 and 2022, as well as of ascribing some public contracts.

In a note, the French National Financial Prosecutor never mentions the name of Macro, but reports he has opened two court files at the end of October regarding “the conditions of interference offices in the French election campaigns of 2017 and 2017 and the allegations related to <x1-fegorisation”. The note was published by the Public Prosecutor's Office, Jean-François Bohhunt.

During the 2022 presidential campaign, criticism against Macros had multiplied, especially in terms of contracts linked in the last five years between the state and private consulting firms like American McKinsey. On March 17th, the Senate found that the state procurement for this kind of private consultancy firm “more than doubled” between 2018 and 2021, reaching a record of more than $1 billion in 2021. McKinsey was the French's most wanted private consulting firm during the pandemic.

The senators' report has sparked sharp criticism of the use of public funds, and the opposition has called for an investigation into any favour against the multinational American population. reaching a record of over a billion euros in 2021. McKinsey was the private consulting firm most wanted by French authorities during the pandemic.

The senators' report has sparked fierce criticism of the use of public funds, and the opposition has called for an investigation into any favourability of the American company.

Regarding the investigation into a consultancy firm in which President Macron, Elysee, allegedly involved, has stated that “justice must investigate in full independence”. /a2cn