Can one physically – and legally – combine up to four, or even five functions, at the expense of the taxpayer? This is the question that will have to be decided by the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF), which opened, on Tuesday, November 22, a preliminary investigation for embezzlement of public funds, concerning the career of the ex-wife of Eric Ciotti (Les Républicains , LR), Caroline Magne. The investigations, specifies the judicial institution, have “for the purpose of verifying the validity of the elements published in the press”en l’occurrence The chained Duck Wednesday, November 16.
The satirical weekly reported on the many positions occupied by Caroline Magne since 2005: first press attaché to the current mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, in the Alpes-Maritimes department, in 2007 she also became parliamentarian of deputy Eric Ciotti. When the latter regained the presidency of the general council, she became his chief of staff, while remaining a parliamentary assistant.
In 2008, she was also appointed chief of staff at the urban community of Nice, and is still in charge of press relations for Christian Estrosi at the town hall, thus combining three positions – four, by adding her duties as parliamentary assistant, which she kept until 2016. She also took over, from 2010 to 2012, the direction of the Nice Jazz Festival.
Le chained duck et Release have found traces of other functions, since she would also have worked occasionally for the diocese of Nice and given a few courses in political communication in private institutions. According Releasethese combined jobs provide significant income for Caroline Magne, up to 94,500 euros gross in 2009.
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Caroline Magne has held other positions by becoming, from 2014 to 2016, general manager of the services of the small town of La Colle-sur-Loup (Alpes-Maritimes), neighboring Nice. In 2016, she embraced another career, as director of communication for the production company Fimalac, then for Sohofrance. She also became a director, adapting children’s books to the theater. Ernest and Celestinethen the character of the student Ducobu, the famous cancre de bande dessinée.
In 2021, she returned to the local authorities of the Alpes-Maritimes, becoming general director of services, then “special adviser” of the city of Mandelieu-La Napoule (Alpes-Maritimes), whose mayor (LR), Sébastien Leroy, is reputed to be close to Eric Ciotti.
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