Paris (AFP)

In the midst of a dispute over pension reform, Le Parisien's revelation that High Commissioner Jean-Paul Delevoye did not report to the HATVP that he was director of an insurance training institute on Monday prompted a number of political reactions.

The declaration of interests of the minister delegate, published Saturday according to the daily and visible on the website of the High Authority for the Transparency of Public Life (HATVP), mentions his function as "chairman of the parallel think tank HEP Education within of the IGS training group "since 2017, a position paid in 2018 and 2019 for a total of 5,368.38 euros per month, ie an annual amount of 64,420 euros net.

Y also figures, concerning his past activities, between 2016 and 2017, a function of advisor to the general delegate of IGS (25,000 euros net in 2016 and 40,000 euros net in 2017).

Also mentioned is the presidency of the Chartreuse de Neuville, an association of national orchestras, among the "voluntary functions likely to give rise to a conflict of interest".

But lacks the function of administrator of the Institute of training of the profession of insurance (Ifpass) that he occupies since 2016, says Le Parisien.

A "mistake" and "an omission by forgetting" reacted Mr. Delevoye to the daily. He says "have not thought for a second", acknowledging that "it is not responsible".

In the midst of a social conflict over pension reform, the news has prompted immediate reactions in the ranks of the left and the right.

"Pure luck," PCF spokesman Ian Brossat joked on Twitter: "Nothing to do with the fact that it ransacked pay-as-you-go pensions, and also if the government has granted a super-beneficial tax system for those who place their money in pension funds last April. "

Through his high commissioner "we see the true face of this pension reform", where "everything is done to push future pensioners to insurance funds," denounced the PCF national secretary Fabien Roussel on Public Senate.

"The world of insurance, he has not forgotten to declare its links with the pension reform that prepares" Jean-Paul Delevoye, has abounded the number 2 insubordinary France Adrien Quatennens.

On the right, the Republicans Republican Valérie Boyer has judged that "macronie has something desperate in its constancy to give moral lessons and believe oneself above the rules".

The spokesperson of LREM Aurore Bergé acknowledged on BFMTV that the forgetfulness of Jean-Paul Delevoye is "clumsy" because "the confidence requires a lot of transparency", but added that he would resign from this function of administrator, this which will "clarify things".

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