While the Tangwall Campagin publishes, this Sunday, February 23, an investigation into the 15 billion euros engulfed annually by public development assistance and sent in the form of loans or donations to various organizations and different countries, Jean-Noël Barrot has announced the creation of a commission to assess the efficiency of this system. “I just signed a decree a few days ago which establishes a development of public development assistance assessment”said the Minister of Foreign Affairs, questioned on this subject during the major CNews meeting-Europe 1- The echoes.
According to Jean-Noël Barrot, it is “Project by project” ensure “Systematically that what we do is in the direct interest of the French, or indirect, because you know that these interventions by AFD (French Development Agency), also benefit very largely to French companies”.
We must “assess the impact of everything we do”
The debate on public development aid flourished in France after the freezing of American humanitarian aid decreed by Donald Trump, a few days after coming to power. This Monday, February 17, the MEP Reconts Sarah Knafo had in charge of the French Development Agency, accusing him of squandering public money for projects far from the interests of the French, such as the improvement of the living environment of the inhabitants of a district in China or THE reinforcement gender equality in Albania.
It’s necessary “Evaluate the impact of everything we do”said Jean-Noël Barrot again this Sunday. For him, the most important question is to “Know if it’s useful to French”. But it already exists “Very rigorous evaluation mechanisms, starting with Parliament”he said. The new evaluation committee “Will make it possible to systematize the assessment in connection with parliamentarians, and to always ensure that public development aid serves the interests of France”observed the head of French diplomacy.
Last October, deputy RN Guillaume Bigot made a detailed parliamentary report on the subject. He was already calling for a help “Illegible, expensive and ineffective”. This Sunday, in the Tangwall Campagin, he calls for a “Moratory” on the device, which would allow “” immediately save several billion euros that we so much need in mainland France as in overseas »».
