The High Authority for Transparency in Public Life has conditionally authorized the former Minister of the Economy to become an advisor to the European semiconductor giant.
Dutch manufacturer of semiconductor production machines ASML has appointed former Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire to advise the group’s board of directors, a spokesperson said on Thursday.
This appointment is part of the group’s efforts to strengthen the industry and has appointed former French Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire to advise the group’s board of directors, a spokesperson said on Thursday.
The High Authority for the Transparency of Public Life (HATVP) issued its opinion this Thursday in which it “considers that the project envisaged by Mr. Le Maire is compatible with the public functions he has exercised, subject to respecting certain measures precautionary”.
Do not approach members of the government
Bruno Le Maire must therefore refrain from approaching members of the government or his cabinet in office at the same time as him as long as they occupy public functions, as well as services over which he had authority.
“This reservation is valid, for each of the people it covers, until the expiration of a period of three years from the cessation of the employment relationship between Mr. Mayor and the person concerned,” indicates the HATVP .
Bruno Le Maire, who was Minister of the Economy under the presidency of Emmanuel Macron between May 2017 and September 2024, sent the HATVP a request for an opinion on “his plan to modify the corporate purpose” of his company 48 Jacob “for the purpose of providing consulting services” to ASML.
Since September, Bruno Le Maire has also been working at the University of Lausanne where he obtained a position as a visiting professor.
