Parisot en route to a second term
April 30, 2010
Unless last-minute surprises, Laurence Parisot should succeed itself on July 1. At 24 hours the deadline for submission of candidatures to the president of MEDEF, the "out" was still the only candidate nominated, no other candidate had indicated that he had run for the coveted post, but criticized the boss patterns. Every indication is that nobody will do by tomorrow.
And for good reason: to have his case approved by the committee office, a candidate must submit the signatures of 50 executives of employers' movement, representatives of MEDEF territorial federations or voting at the general meeting. However, according to the latest ski field, no one – other than the candidates have already announced they would not appear or Laurence Parisot itself, has asked for no initials for closing its case."It will be a priori the only candidate nominated," says Will we in the entourage of the outgoing presidency. So technically the only one who can win.
Who would have thought, however, a few months ago, Laurence Parisot, then criticized from all sides for his handling of the crisis, its management or societal inclinations alone, is alone to seek the votes of his peers? Many names have been mentioned since the beginning of the year to compete and many have been strongly tempted to confront: Xavier Fontanet, Essilor, Denis Kessler, Scor, Anne Lauvergeon, Areva; Frederick St. Geours, the UIMM, or Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux, Virgin Mobile. But none dared to go in the end."Some of them have a sense of interest and did not consider it appropriate to create new problems to existing ones," says magnanimously, a baron of employers still far from being a fervent supporter of Laurence Parisot.
"The fact that this is a position statement, and taking unpaid, has also been strong deterrent for some of them who now have to pay more than comfortable," adds another, more ironically. Not to mention Sophie Menthon, whose candidacy looked like a meteorite and lasted only one day.
The future of management
Even private competition, the outgoing president will actually campaign and provoke debate on the future of management.A campaign based on some powerful themes such as competitiveness, taxation, debt or the employment, it will unveil an outline after May 7, the date of confirmation of the validity of his candidacy by the statutory committee of the MEDEF . A field well. "It will perform, accompanied by committee chairmen, at least two trips a week to go and meet business leaders," says a close.
His challenge, because the adversary, is now to collect the highest possible score in the vote. Some federations with which it maintains relations difficult, as the UIMM (metal) could decide to abstain if they do not feel satisfied."The score Parisot determine its legitimacy for the next three years," slips one of his former opponents.
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