Debate of the day

Do consulting firms rule France?

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By: Adrien Delgrange

1 min

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defends himself yesterday (Sunday March 27, 2022) Emmanuel Macron to those who reproach him for the numerous contracts signed by the State with consulting firms.

Journalistic investigation and parliamentary report observe the growing influence of private consulting firms in the making of public policies.

It's not new, but under Emmanuel Macron's five-year term, orders have doubled, it's expensive, very expensive.

And it can perhaps save lives: the latest example, the political management of the health crisis in France, this practice concerns all the competences of the State and it is legal. 

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Has the executive become dependent on the expertise of consulting firms?

Can we speak of the privatization of public action?

With what advantages and disadvantages?

To discuss it

• Caroline Michel-Aguire

  , journalist at obs, co-author of the book

  Les infiltrés, how consulting firms took control of the state

   Allary editions.

• Arnaud Bontemps

  , civil servant, spokesperson for the “Our public services” collective.

• Thomas Michalski,

  associate professor in economics at HEC Paris.

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