#2026-1197 QPCConstitutional Council Decision on Political Party Funding and Gender Parity
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This law enforces gender parity in political party candidacies for French legislative elections by adjusting public funding. If a party exceeds a 2% gender imbalance in its list of candidates, the first fraction of its public funding is reduced by 150% of the imbalance percentage. This law affects political parties that receive public funds and aims to encourage equal gender representation.
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Key Changes
- Gender parity requirement enforced in political parties
- Public funding reduced by 150% of imbalance percentage if gender gap exceeds 2%
- Applies to parties receiving public funds
Obligations
What this law requires
Political parties receiving public funding must ensure that their list of candidates does not have a gender imbalance exceeding 2%. If this threshold is exceeded, the first fraction of their public funding will be reduced by 150% of the imbalance percentage.
Political parties must accurately report the number of candidates of each gender who declare their affiliation to the party when submitting their candidacies for legislative elections.
Political parties must implement measures to promote gender parity within their candidate lists to avoid penalties related to public funding reductions.
Political parties must provide evidence of compliance with gender parity requirements during the last general renewal of the National Assembly elections to maintain eligibility for full public funding.