Thursday, January 27, 2011

The Elysée wants to take hold of the National Council of the digital

Who will be the National Council of digital? This body, that Nicolas Sarkozy had announced plans to create in 2008 and is expected to emerge in the spring, will have a particularly wide range of missions, the digital economy to the protection of personal data online. In late December, during a visit to the local Priceminister, the Minister of the digital economy, Eric Besson announced that he entrusted the company's CEO, Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet, also brother of the Minister Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, the direction of this organization.

Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet received his letter of assignment and must show on February 15 the fruit of his detailed discussion of the role and functioning of the Council. But in the meantime, the Elysee Palace began to take hold of this record, reports La Tribune. According to business daily, the Elysée has appointed Jean-Baptiste Descroix-Vernier, CEO of Rentabiliweb, to establish a first unofficial list of members.

Jean-Baptiste-Descroix Vernier, whimsical and iconic Net-entrepreneur, was on the guest list in early December, at a lunch with Nicolas Sarkozy, alongside Xavier Niel (Iliad-Free, shareholder of Tech News Buzz), Marc Simoncini (Meetic) and Jacques-Antoine Granjon (private sale). Always according to La Tribune, the boss Rentabiliweb have made a good impression to the Head of State.

RENTABILIWEB, GOVERNMENT TARGET ONE YEAR AGO Yet there is barely a year Rentabiliweb was the subject of strong criticism from the government. A subsidiary company, Mailorama, had organized a demonstration advertisement promising to give money to passers-by on the Champ de Mars in Paris.

Faced with the influx of people, the event had degenerated, leading to a dozen arrest and property damage. The company was then engaged in a tug-of-iron with the Ministry of the Interior, who had complained, and Brice Hortefeux had repeatedly condemned the company. The interior minister was even introduced into the law Loppsi 2 an article punishing specifically the "distribution of money for advertising on public roads." At the time, Nicolas Sarkozy himself it was strongly made at the direction of Mailorama: "Have we seen something more outrageous, more moved, more shocking to the rules of the values are those of the Republic ? was something else to do that going to the service of order for two irresponsible, "he said.

Shortly after this, Mr. Vernier-Descroix had said "take responsibility" events, while recognizing that it was a mistake.

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