2023-05-11 12:27:29
Who will be the “boss of bosses” for the next five years? The campaign at the Medef (Mouvement des entreprises de France) to find a successor to Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux and become the new “spokesperson” for businesses began on March 6 and is due to last until July 6.
Under the statutes of the first French employers’ organization, the current president was elected for a non-renewable term of five years and cannot stand for re-election. To prevent the campaign from lasting too long as in 2018, its duration has been limited to four months, candidates cannot declare themselves before March 6 on pain of disqualification.
It took several weeks before knowing the final list of candidates who were to collect before May 5 150 referrals, three times more than in the previous election . Knowing that each member of the general assembly of Medef (which is in a way the Parliament of the organization) could sponsor 3 candidates.
Key election dates
6 mars : opening of the election campaign.
13 mars : opening of the sponsorship platform.
May 5 at noon: deadline for submitting applications.
9th of May : validation of the list of candidates by the statutory committee.
May 30: hearing of the candidates by the general assembly of the Medef in person and remotely.
4th July : end of the election campaign.
July the 5th : Voting opens at 6 p.m.
July 6: vote and election of the president.
Patrick Martin and Dominique Carlac’h.AFP
Five years ago, nine leaders were on the starting line, seven had thrown in the towel along the way. For this 2023 edition, it will also be a match for twowhich will see Patrick Martin, the current number 2 of the Medef, who had finally given up competing five years ago, rallying to Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, and Dominique Carlac’h, vice-president and door- word of the Medef, the only woman to have competed in 2018.
The latter was rallied by Pierre Brajeux, the delegated president of the French Security Federation, who had narrowly obtained the necessary sponsorships to participate in the election and finally gave up competing. It also benefits from the support of Olivier Klotz (Medef Alsace) and Guillaume Cairou (Club des entrepreneurs), who had not succeeded in validating their candidacies.
Patrick Martin, supported in particular by the powerful construction and metallurgy federations, is a big favorite. But Dominique Carlac’h wants to believe that she will be able to thwart the predictions like Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux five years ago. The latter had created the surprise by beating the candidate of the metallurgy, Alexandre Saubot, Dominique Carlac’h and Patrick Martin withdrawing at the time in his favor.
A grand oral of the two candidates will be organized on May 30, before the ballot scheduled for July 6.
The election instructions
The president of Medef is elected by an electoral assembly composed of the president, the 200 members of the executive council to which are now added 1,100 – and no longer 560 – delegates representing 60% of the member professional organizations and 40% of the territorial organizations of the Medef.
The vote will take place July 6, 2023, electronicallyat the meeting place of the electoral assembly or remotely.
A candidate is elected in the first round if he obtains an absolute majority of votes (votes cast) and if the quorum has reached two thirds of the electorate. Otherwise a second round is organized in the process, between the two candidates who, if necessary after withdrawal of more favored candidates, have received the greatest number of votes in the first round. There is no quorum requirement for the second round.
But since there are only two candidates left, there will be only one ballot.
The new president takes office no later than two months after his election.
They chaired the Medef
2018-2023: Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux
2013-2018: Pierre Gattaz
2005-2013: Laurence Parisot
1998-2005 : Ernest-Antoine Seillière
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