• bbbhltz@beehaw.org
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    7 days ago

    If you’re out of the loop with French politics, the wiki entry for Bayrou is worth a glance:

    73 years young…

    On 21 June 2017, he resigned from the government amid an investigation into the MoDem’s allegedly fraudulent employment of parliamentary assistants, initiated earlier that month.

    Bayrou resigned [as Minister of Justice] several days before the 2017 legislative election, only 35 days after he had taken the post.

    Since September 2020, Bayrou has been the haut-commissaire au plan (a high commissioner of planning). In 2024 he has published a single note. It was in January. Nothing since. Nada. Since taking the position, the high commissioner has published a total of 17 notes.

    I live in France and thought this guy was retired for some reason.