An investigation was opened against the Minister of Transport Philippe Tabarot for embezzlement of public funds and illegal taking of interests following a report from the High Authority for the Transparency of Public Life (HATVP) in July 2021 , informs Le Monde. He is also suspected of concealment of these two offenses by the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF).
These accusations relate to the positions occupied by Philippe Tabarot within the tourist and cultural public interest group (GIP) then in communication for the commune of Cannet (Alpes-Maritimes) between 2018 and 2020, a town led at the time by his sister, LR MP Michèle Tabarot.
137,872 euros net for 2019
“A search took place on November 30, 2022 at the home of Mr. Tabarot and in the premises of the Cannet town hall and the Cannet GIP,” said a judicial source.
“The preliminary investigation is still ongoing,” she added.
According to the declaration of interests registered on November 30, 2020 and consulted by Le Monde, Tabarot was director of the GIP from April 2018 to July 2020 and received 82,473 euros net for this position in 2019, or nearly 6,900 euros per month. Then he was paid 17,997 euros net between August and November 2020, or nearly 4,500 euros per month, as project manager of this GIP for the tourist and cultural development of the town of Le Cannet.
At the same time, in 2019, he was paid 15,318 euros as communications manager for this municipality, or 1,276 euros per month.
At that time, he was also elected to the regional council of Provence-Alpes-Côté d'Azur and received around 40,000 euros net per year as vice-president in charge of transport between 2015 and 2021.
The new minister declared, again according to the daily, 137,872 euros net for the year 2019 alone.
