In July 2014, Boone was appointed a financial and economic advisor to the Élysée Palace. The announcement of her nomination to President François Hollande was made in early June 2014 as an anticipation of Emmanuel Macron's resignation.. L'Opinion then highlighted one of her recent chronicles in which she criticized "disastrous economic results" and the government's "almost nonexistent choices of economic policy". The announcement of her nomination also sparked harsh comments, like the one of Slate's : "the world of finance that governs without ever having been elected" —which is a reference to François Hollande's January 22, 2012 speech in Le Bourget. Minister of Finance and the Public Accounts Michel Sapin replied: "Competences are back." The coincidence of the nomination and David Azéma being hired by Bank of America in July 2014 sparked comments about a "shameless revolving door between Bank of America and the socialist power" ().
