A few weeks after his departure from Matignon, the former Prime Minister, passionate about railways, had been proposed by the President of the Republic to occupy this strategic position.
New job for a new life. Three months after leaving his post as Prime Minister, Jean Castex has just been officially appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Agency for Financing Transport Infrastructure in France (AFIT), after a decree signed by Emmanuel Macron in dated August 17. And published this Thursday in the Official Journal. When he left Matignon in mid-May, the former head of government decided to do “a step aside, leaving national political life».
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At the beginning of July, his former boss had therefore proposed him to take the head of this public establishment, which is responsible for coordinating the financing of major transport infrastructure projects. Whether road, rail, river or port on the national territory. This proposal was then validated by the Sustainable Development and Regional Planning Commissions of the National Assembly and the Senate at the end of July.
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The former host of Matignon succeeds Christophe Béchu, former mayor of Angers (Maine-et-Loire) and recent Minister for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion in the government of Elisabeth Borne. Passionate about railways, Jean Castex had even invited himself a few months ago on a night train which linked Paris to Nice again. Since the end of July, the former prime minister has also been, on a voluntary basis, president of the Fondation Agir contre l’exclusion (FACE). The formalization of this new appointment comes the day after that of Emmanuelle Wargon officially appointed head of the energy regulator, as head of the presidency of the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE).
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