Thursday, January 8, 2015

Lionel Jospin between the Constitutional Council for half a term – the Tribune.fr

Lionel Jospin between the Constitutional Council for half a term – the Tribune.fr

It’s official. Since Tuesday, January 6, Lionel Jospin among the Sages of the Constitutional Council, which he is the 73rd member, replacing Jacques Barrot, who died Dec. 3, according to a publication of the Official Journal. In fact, its mandate will be only four years and two months (until 2019 so) since Jacques Barrot was appointed in 2010.

Present the same evening at the Elysee, the former head of government between 1997 and 2002 was sworn in before the president Francois Hollande and almost all the members of the Constitutional Council, vowing to “secrecy of the deliberations and votes, not to take any public position and give no consultation on matters within the jurisdiction of the Council “.

This appointment is not a surprise since the commission of the Assembly’s Laws gave 17 December approves the proposal of the President of the National Assembly Claude Bartolone. Of the 54 voters, fifty were cast, including forty in favor of the former Prime Minister and ten against.



“I am pleased with this decision of Somehow, at least on current political topics condemn me to silence and devote myself to work “, had then commented to reporters the unfortunate candidate for the presidency of the Republic.

As emphasized Cross , Lionel Jospin is the oldest of the nine appointed members as the institution has chaired since February 2007 by Jean-Louis Debré (former President Valery Giscard -Destaing being ex officio). Status Dean, when aggregated with that of former prime minister (alone among the Sages), could allow him to direct the Council when the mandate of the current president expires in 2016.

Remember, the other appointed members of the Board are:

Renaud Denoix de Saint Marc, a former vice president of the Council of State and president of the French Institute of Administrative Sciences until 2006.

Guy Canivet, former First President of the Supreme Court and member of the Ethics Committee to the International Olympic Committee.

Michel Charasse, Minister of Budget François Mitterrand from 1988 1992.

Hubert Haenel, former chairman of the Senate Committee on European Affairs and director of the railway between 1966 and 2008.

Claire Bazy-Malaurie, former president of chamber the Court of Auditors and director of hospitals in the Ministry of Health between 1995 and 1998.

Nicole Maestracci, former President of the Court of Appeal of Rouen and figure of the Union of Magistrates.

Nicole Belloubet, Community law professor SciencePo Toulouse and former Rector of the academies of Limoges and Toulouse.

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