Mathieu Gallet, a boss well in all respects – Liberation

“The expenses of the governing bodies of Radio France show no abusive.” This is the conclusion of the report of the General Inspectorate of Finance (IGF) on expenses of the management of Radio France, on Monday. Ministers of Economy, Emmanuel Macron, and Culture, Fleur Pellerin, had loaded IGF check their integrity after revelations cascade of Canard chained in March. The weekly had disclosed the cost of renovating the office of the president of Radio France, Mathieu Gallet, and the amount of its communication costs. Full strike fallen, this information had helped fuel a climate of distrust.

The three inspectors of IGF looked to for a month on the notes of the president but also the six members of the Executive Committee Radio France. Regarding the 104,000 euros paid for the office, more than half (68 000) was used to restore the Brazilian rosewood paneling. A justified expense by their “heritage.” “It would, however, still could consider suspending execution as he himself acknowledged,” they nuance. The remaining 35,000 euros taking into account the change in carpeting, drapes and furniture. The report acknowledges that nothing in writing about the decision was found, but “would not seem unjustified under the company’s representative function.”

Another hot spot: the communication contract in June 2014 with Denis Pingaud 90 000 per year. “The advisory agreement communication strategy in the past over-will is not unusual for Radio France nor its content nor its procurement procedures,” says the report. He also stressed that the provision was well on the strategy of the company, not just the image of Mathieu Gallet. Finally, the change of car the President is also justified as decided in May 2013 and entering “as part of the company’s rules” . “I have never doubted the outcome of the investigation. The important now is the future of public service radio and its necessary modernization “, told AFP a bleached Mathieu Gallet. IGF took the opportunity to slip recommendations, such as strengthening the role of the board in public structures as “guarantor of transparency” of the CEO spending.

Vanina Delmas