Conseil national du numérique
The council issues independent opinions and recommendations on any question relating to the impact of digital technologies on economy and society.
On June 18, 2015, the Ambition Numérique report[3] was handed over to the French Prime Minister Manuel Valls by the president of the Conseil national du numérique, Benoit Thieulin, in presence of Ministers and Secretaries Emmanuel Macron, Marisol Touraine, Clotilde Valter and Axelle Lemaire.
Following his resignation, the presidency of the council is assumed in a collegial manner by three vice-presidents : Guy Mamou-Mani, Sophie Pène and Amal Taleb.
On 19 December 2017, President Marie Ekeland and 28 of the 29 other members resigned following a controversy arising from the request for the ouster of Rokhaya Diallo, who had been appointed a few days earlier.
[8] The controversy attracted public attention and was related by The New York Times under the title "France Fails to Face Up to Racism".
[10] In 2019, the French newspaper Acteurs publics writes that "a year after its formation, the Conseil national du numérique starts at last to play its part as switchman and, sometimes, as contradictor to the Government".
The council can be mandated by the French government to organize citizens consultations over different topics, usually regarding issues related to digital regulation.
[17] The national concertation aimed at experimenting an unprecedented manner of public policies construction, using participatory democracy tools.
Events were also organised outside of Paris on each of the themes, respectively in Lille, Strasbourg, Bordeaux and Nantes, in the presence of local stakeholders.
[22] The report was handed over on June 18, 2015, by the president of the CNNum, Benoit Thieulin, to the French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, who publicly announced his government's digital strategy.
According to the advisory body, the initial decree project allowed for many possibilities for organisations to escape their obligations regarding digital accessibility.
