Gabegia continues … and Sarah Knafo again sounds the alarm on the drifts of public development aid. “While the government asks you for sacrifices, the State still wants to finance projects abroad that make you dizzy”she explains this Monday, July 21 on X, evoking a “Hallucinating job offer” inasmuch as “A project chief” to help Palestinian authority to “Manage your public finances”. “As if we were in a position to give lessons!” »»laughs the reconquest MEP. As a reminder, France faces an untenable debt of 3,400 billion.
“The post sheet specifies that” the expert will have to integrate the challenges of gender equality “in Palestinian public finances. It’s not a joke “took offense at the elected official. And to specify: “And it’s with our money. »»
The post in question, posted on July 8 by expertise France – a subsidiary of the French Development Agency (AFD) – concerns a project called “Support to the PFM Reform in Palestine”, aimed at supporting the Ministry of Finance of the Palestinian Authority in the reform of its budget management. Funded by AFD via the Technical Expertise and Experience Fund (Fexte), the mission is scheduled for two years in Jerusalem from August 1.
“Integrate the challenges of gender equality”
The future project manager will be responsible for strategic piloting, the supervision of field activities, technical support to tax and customs administrations, as well as coordination with international donors such as the World Bank or the European Union. And he will have to, like the Sarah Knafafo points out, “Integrate the challenges of gender equality” in Palestinian public policies …
This example is added to the long list of projects denounced by the former senior official. In mid-February, the latter had particularly responsible for the financial institution, accused of squandering public money to improve the living environment of the inhabitants of a district in China or even to strengthen gender equality in Albania. Sarah Knafo had still wondered about the 44 million euros sent by France for the “Water and food security in Gaza” asking “Who can promise us to the French Development Agency that this money is not intercepted by Hamas? »».
In the wake of the revelations of the elected reconquest and the Tangwall Campagin on the drifts of public development aid, the government acted a first cut of 2 billion euros in the 2025 budget of the system. A reduction that could be even more drastic in 2026 in terms of these new criticisms – and while François Bayrou seeks to get hold of 43.8 billion euros.
