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Montchalin Takes Helm of France’s Audit Court With Independence Pledge

To ease conflict-of-interest concerns, she filed a declaration of interests, pledging to sit out 2025 public-finance deliberations.

Amélie de Montchalin, alors ministre de l’action et des comptes publics, à l’Assemblée nationale le 27 janvier 2026.
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Amélie de Montchalin, nouvelle présidente de la Cour des comptes, lors de sa cérémonie d'investiture au siège de la Cour des comptes à Paris, le 13 mars 2026
Le président Emmanuel Macron assiste à la cérémonie d'investiture de la nouvelle présidente de la Cour des comptes, Amélie de Montchalin, au siège de la Cour des comptes à Paris, le 13 mars 2026

Overview

  • Amélie de Montchalin was sworn in during a solemn session in Paris attended by President Emmanuel Macron and several ministers.
  • She said her first priority is safeguarding the Cour des comptes’ independence, stressing probity and exemplary conduct within the institution.
  • She stated she has submitted her interests declaration to the deontology college and that its implementation guidance would be binding on her.
  • She will abstain from debates on the 2025 public finances and from reports concerning bodies she oversaw in the past three years.
  • Opposition figures continue to question her appointment as a recent budget minister and at age 40 for a near‑irrevocable post; she also set a second priority to increase the impact and follow‑through of the Court’s reports.