Les conflits d'interets chez les elus

In: Pouvoirs: revue française d'études constitutionelles et politiques, Heft 147, S. 53-64

Abstract

Conflicts of interests among elected officials are usually discussed in terms of repression: they are only punishable if perpetrated. A more constructive approach likely to restore the essential link of trust between the citizens and their representatives would require a well-organized preventive policy drawing on the work of the Sauve and Jospin Committees for instance. The bill regarding a code of conduct and the prevention of conflicts of interests in public life is much more limited than these proposals and so has been the first parliamentary debate about them. The law is likely to prove insufficient and will not satisfy the expectations of citizens. Adapted from the source document.