EDF, SNCF, RATP, ADP… The spectre of cohabitation plunges public companies into the unknown

EDF, SNCF, RATP, ADP… The spectre of cohabitation plunges public companies into the unknown
EDF, SNCF, RATP, ADP… The spectre of cohabitation plunges public companies into the unknown

DECRYPTION – Renewal of Jean Castex at RATP, successions at the head of ADP, SNCF and La Poste, EDF strategy… What will the post-July 7 period look like for these companies?

All French business leaders experienced the announcement of the dissolution of the National Assembly on June 9 as a shock. But some more than others. The possibility of a radical change, which would see the National Rally obtain an absolute majority and Jordan Bardella installed at Matignon, plunges public companies into an abyss of uncertainty.

What will this alternation look like for these companies, particularly for those wholly owned by the public authorities such as SNCF, EDF, La Poste, France Télévisions or RATP? No management is risking putting forward its hypotheses. « No comments »they respond everywhere. The big back reflex kicks in. Silence on all floors.

In the 1980s and 1990s, major changes of government and cohabitations each time heralded a major clean-up. The Left and the Right placed their respective herd of leaders and senior civil servants at the head of state-owned enterprises, to take on…

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