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2022
EAM
Presidential
Legal provisions on the use of public resources by presidential candidates should be clarified to prevent the misuse or perception of such misuse during the campaign
Recommendation # in final report:
6
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Election Campaign
France
2022
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
Consideration should be given to making the mechanism of defining political affiliation of candidates fully transparent, based on preliminary consultations with relevant political parties and groups and providing for clear rules for assigning the votes received by candidates to concrete parties or groups.
Recommendation # in final report:
6
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Candidate Registration
Type of change required:
Sub-legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Candidate Registration
France
2022
EAM
Presidential
In order to eliminate the possibility of circumventing campaign ceiling, the legislation could comprehensively regulate campaigning by the third parties, including their campaign finance reporting within the timeframe applicable to candidates
Recommendation # in final report:
7
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
France
2022
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
To avoid undue barriers for candidates, state authorities should further facilitate bank account access in a timely manner while limiting the associated fees, for example through the banks governed or funded by the state.
Recommendation # in final report:
7
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
France
2022
EAM
Presidential
To enhance transparency, consideration should be given to requiring preliminary disclosure of itemized campaign contributions and expenditures by contestants prior to election days
Recommendation # in final report:
8
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
France
2022
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
While balancing privacy concerns, in order to enhance transparency in campaign financing, further information on contestants’ financing and campaign expenditures should be available in the public domain.
Recommendation # in final report:
8
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Type of change required:
Practice
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
France
2022
EAM
Presidential
In order to further enhance transparency and accountability, the reporting deadlines for political parties’ campaign expenditures could be synchronised with those for candidates to allow effective oversight.
Recommendation # in final report:
9
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Campaign Finance
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Campaign Finance
France
2022
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
In order to protect media pluralism, the existing legal framework regulating media ownership concentration could be reviewed and adapted to the current state of the media industry. Authorities should introduce revised methodologies to assess the concentration of media ownership, including the influence of individual outlets and the aggregated influence of media outlets/groups across different types of media.
Recommendation # in final report:
9
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Media
France
2022
EAM
Presidential
In order to protect media pluralism, existing legal framework regulating media concentration could be reviewed and adapted to the current state of the media industry. Authorities should revise methodologies to assess the concentration of media ownership, including the influence of individual outlets and the aggregated influence of a media outlet/group across different types of media.
Recommendation # in final report:
10
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Media
France
2022
EAM
Parliamentary
elections
Authorities should consider decriminalizing defamation in order to bring the relevant legal framework in line with international standards on freedom of expression. Measures should be put in place to protect media from strategic lawsuits to deter the abuse of this practice against political participation.
Recommendation # in final report:
10
Type of recommendation:
Other
Thematic area:
Media
Secondary thematic area:
Legal Framework
Type of change required:
Legal
Status of implementation:
Not evaluated
Final report heading:
Media
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