It is on Monday, April 1, that Cédric O officially succeeds Mounir Mahjoubi – who left in the hope of winning the municipal elections in Paris in 2020 —, as secretary of State to the Minister of Economy and Finance and the Minister of Action and public accounts, in charge of digital. An alumnus of Bercy and also in his thirties, Cédric O was an advisor in charge of public participations and the digital economy. He is therefore well versed in the issues and personalities of the sector. It was he who, for example, organized the “Tech for good” summit in May 2018, which allowed the Head of state to receive Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Satya Nadella (Microsoft) or Dara Khosrowshahi (Uber). The second edition will take place on May 15 during VivaTech.
In Bercy, he will find on his desk several ongoing files on which he will have to “achieve short-term results”, in his own words, three years from the end of Emmanuel Macron’s term of office. Cedric O should not be very confused, however: behind the scenes, he has closely followed the work of Mounir Mahjoubi. Placed under the tutelage of Bercy and Bruno Le Maire, Cédric O will not only tackle economic issues – such as the attractiveness of French startups or the relationship of GAFA with SMEs in France. Even if he does not have his elbows completely straight, he is also expected on societal topics such as an action plan against online hate speech, artificial intelligence or the digitization of public services.
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On the side of the actors of the French ecosystem, some are also waiting for him on the promotion of diversity of profiles and the inclusion of women in tech or the role of the national digital council.
Business Insider France has listed six files on which Cédric O is expected :
Finally, the text on the GAFA tax, under discussion in Parliament next week, will not be carried by Cédric O but by his caretaker minister Bruno Le Maire. Nevertheless, we want to know the point of view of the former adviser to the president on a burning issue. In an interview with The Tribune just before his departure, Mounir Mahjoubi had expressed his deep disagreement on the model: “Taxation on the basis of turnover is the worst solution! This penalizes the activity instead of taxing the value created on the territory.”
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