Senior French civil servant and public sector oversight specialist Pascal Chèvremont has been formally put forward as the next president of France’s national gambling regulatory body, l’Autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ).
The high-level proposal was extended by French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and subsequently confirmed by the Élysée Palace.
Navigating the Constitutional Approval Track
In accordance with standard legislative procedure dictated under Article 13 of the French Constitution, the nomination will undergo formal committee review within both the National Assembly and the Senate before the executive appointment can officially proceed. Should Chèvremont’s placement secure parliamentary approval, he will assume the presidency from Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin. Falque-Pierrotin, an esteemed French jurist and the former head of the national data protection authority (CNIL), is concluding a six-year, non-renewable leadership term that originally commenced in June 2020.
Chèvremont transitions to the top regulatory post with extensive institutional experience spanning public finance, regional regulatory policy, government relations, and multi-agency corporate oversight. He currently serves within the General Economic and Financial Control (CGefi) body, the primary sovereign apparatus responsible for directing the state’s financial and economic monitoring operations.
Since 2018, his responsibilities at CGefi have covered auditing control methodologies, accounting risk management, and the financial tracking of multiple public-interest organizations, including the partially privatized national lottery operator Française des Jeux (FDJ). Prior to his current deployment, Chèvremont operated as director general of Brasseurs de France, the national trade association representing the state’s brewing sector, alongside holding various senior advisory roles within the Treasury and the Ministry of the Economy.
Tackling a Surge in Problem Gambling Yields
If confirmed by parliamentary committees, Pascal Chèvremont’s primary operational focus will center on curbing the country’s rising levels of excessive gambling. The urgency of the mandate is highlighted by recent data showing a distinct surge in problem gambling behaviors across France. Utilizing an updated tracking algorithm, the ANJ revealed that gross gaming revenue (GGR) extracted specifically from problem gambling reached €1.2 billion during the second half of 2025 alone.
Throughout that same six-month window, the regulator’s data systems flagged approximately 600,000 active players nationwide as highly likely to be wagering excessively, a metric representing 8.7% of the total active consumer base.
