Louise Bernard and AFP 11:10 a.m., June 9, 2022

A decree has just been published in the Official Journal stipulating that the new Minister of Transformation and the Public Service, Stanislas Guerini, will not manage any file related to Alphabet, the parent company of Google, in order to avoid any conflict of interest. .

It is the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne who will be responsible for it in her place.

The Minister of Public Service, Stanislas Guerini, will not deal with subjects "of any kind" related to Alphabet, the parent company of Google where his wife works, according to a decree published Wednesday in the Official Journal (JO).

"The Minister of Transformation and the Public Service (Stanislas Guerini) is not aware of acts of any kind relating to the company Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiaries as well as acts relating to the cloud hosting of State data “, it is thus clarified.

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In connection with the functions of his wife

"The corresponding powers are exercised" by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, in accordance with a decree of 1959. According to the latter, "the minister who considers himself to be in a situation of conflict of interest informs the Prime Minister in writing, specifying the content matters for which he considers that he should not exercise his powers. A decree therefore determines the powers that the Prime Minister exercises in place of the minister concerned", is it detailed.

The text published Wednesday in the OJ "is linked to the functions of his wife" Marie-Luce Conrard, confirmed the ministry.

She works at Google Cloud France as "director of strategy and operations, excluding the public sector", according to information published on her LinkedIn account.

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Despite this partial shift, Stanislas Guerini should continue to lead the Interministerial Digital Department (Dinum).

“The Minister of Transformation and the Public Service has authority over the interministerial digital management”, thus specified an award decree in early June.