2023-05-05 15:20:00
[Article mis à jour vendredi 5 mai à 17H00]
Who will succeed Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux? Three of the four contenders for the presidency of the Medef obtained the 150 sponsorships required to apply for the succession of Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, candidate Dominique Carlac’h told AFP, confirming information from BFM Business.
“We will be three in the final”, assured the vice-president of the organization, which claims 345 sponsorships, around fifty less than the current N.2 of the Medef Patrick Martin and regarding 200 more than the delegate president of the French Security Federation Pierre Brajeux, according to the information it has.
The next important step in the selection process is scheduled for next Tuesday. The Medef Statutory and Ethics Committee will rule on the validity of applications. The final vote, which will designate the boss of Medef for the next five years, is scheduled for July 6.
Opposing Medef visions
At the start, there were four declared candidates: the number two of the first employers’ organization Patrick Martin, the vice-president and spokesperson for the Medef Dominique Carlac’h, the Ile-de-France entrepreneur Guillaume Cairou (finally out of the race with 80 sponsorships) and the delegate president of the French Federation of Security Pierre Brajeux.
On April 21, three of the four candidates for the presidency of Medef and a representative of the fourth, the favorite, publicly defended their vision of the future of Medef. For this second public debate, following a first joint appearance the day before at the Medef Occitanie, only three of the four candidates for the succession of Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux were present: Guillaume Cairou, Dominique Carlac’h and Pierre Brajeux.
The current number two of Medef, Patrick Martin was represented by Samuel Tual, president of Medef Pays de la Loire. A noticeable absence when other candidates denounce a ” locked election “. Patrick Martin, 63, devotes four days a week to Medef. However, he reserves Friday for his business, his representative said.
Continuity or ” Change of direction “
In front of a few dozen business leaders gathered at the Cercle interallié by the employers’ organization Ethic, Samuel Tual defended the results of the number two of the organization which already knows ” perfectly ” THE ” forces of the Medef and the improvements that need to be made “, which him ” will allow it to be effective the day following its election ».
Patrick Martin’s profession of faith insists on the reindustrialization of the country, the decarbonization of activities, the simplification of standards for ” unleash entrepreneurship », as well as social dialogue. Themes also mentioned by the other candidates, in an election that is played more on personality and experience than on ideological differences.
At the other end of the table, Pierre Brajeux, 61, deputy president of the French Federation of Security, intended to embody the ” Change of direction ». « I don’t want us to play defense anymore, I want us to go back on the offensive “, he launched, saying to prefer a Medef “ listened to, respected, before being loved “. He pleads for the simplification of standards, the competitiveness of companies and the ” tax cuts », in particular that on companies.
Opposite, Dominique Carlac’h, the only woman on the starting line, defended in a calm voice an incarnation of ” continuity “just as legitimate as Patrick Martin, emphasizing that she worked at Medef” for ten years “. Alongside Pierre Gattaz at first, she then became spokesperson and vice-president.
Patrick Martin part favori
« My vision of Medef is to work as much on competitiveness as on attractiveness “, launched this former athlete of 54 years who wants” free companies from too heavy backpacks “, namely the charges and compulsory levies. In contrast, Guillaume Cairou is camped as an outsider. ” I am the only new candidate in this election and I would not like it to be a return match of 2018, with the same heads, the same profiles, the same ambitions “, Argued this company director of wage portage.
The 49-year-old entrepreneur from priority neighborhoods of Mantes-la-Jolie, wants to show that the Medef is open, including to applications from diversity » social, because « the Medef will only be able to move forward if it manages to rally behind it those who do not identify with its image “. Playing the inclusion card, he focused his speech on ” the universal right to undertake “, so that it is ” accessible to all audiences, especially underrepresented women ».
Patrick Martin is already a favourite. He was already a candidate in the last election. In addition, he is the current right-hand man of Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux. In recent weeks, it has garnered the support of the powerful Union of Metallurgical Industries and Trades (UIMM). In a press release published Thursday, the 3,500 plastics manufacturers gathered within the professional organization Polyvia in turn supported the candidacy of Patrick Martin.
« As the leader of a family-owned ETI, in connection with the industrial environment, Patrick Martin has always been attentive to our expectations on projects as major and crucial as ecological transition, training and industrial competitiveness. “, lists the organization.
The French Building Federation (FFB) might also join his candidacy. In mid-April, its president, Olivier Salleron, judged that Patrick Martin ticked ” all factors ” to be ” a very good president “. First French employers’ organization, the Medef claims 190,000 member companies, which employ more than 10 million employees.
(With AFP)
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