GRECO’s 5th Evaluation Report finds that France has made only limited headway on anti-corruption reforms, with key gaps still undermining senior government integrity and law-enforcement oversight

In its addendum to the Second Compliance Report under the Fifth Evaluation Round, GRECO notes that while France has satisfactorily implemented a small number of earlier anticorruption recommendations, most remain only partly implemented and several — including stricter integrity vetting of advisers, transparency of presidential interest declarations, and expanded lobbying disclosure — are still not implemented. The report highlights specific gaps such as limited vetting of public-sector advisers…