#2017-1339Law for Confidence in Political Life
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The Law No. 2017-1339, enacted on September 15, 2017, enhances the integrity and transparency of political life in France. It imposes mandatory ineligibility for individuals convicted of specific crimes and severe penalties for violating nepotism rules within government and parliamentary teams. The law also establishes strict regulations surrounding political financing and transparency, ensuring that party funding and financial transactions are documented and made accessible to the public.
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Key Changes
- Mandatory ineligibility for convicted individuals of listed offenses
- Prohibitions on government officials hiring family members in their offices
- Stricter regulations for political party financing and transparency measures
Obligations
What this law requires
Courts must impose mandatory ineligibility penalties on any person convicted of crimes or specified offenses listed in Article 131-26-2 II (violence, trafficking, corruption, electoral fraud, money laundering, and related offenses)
Record mandatory ineligibility penalties on criminal record (bulletin n° 2 du casier judiciaire) for the entire duration of the ineligibility measure
Verify that candidates for election do not have recorded ineligibility penalties before accepting candidacy declarations
Each parliamentary chamber must establish rules to prevent and address conflicts of interest between public and private interests for parliamentarians, after consulting the parliamentary ethics body
Establish and publish a public electronic register recording cases where parliamentarians decline to participate in parliamentary work due to conflicts of interest, in an open, reusable, machine-readable standard