France's Transparency: How the HATVP Became the Guardian of Political Morality

France today controls its political class more intensively than ever before. In 2025, the Haute Autorité pour la transparence de la vie publique (HATVP) reviewed a total of 5,795 asset declarations from politicians, high-ranking officials, and other officeholders – a historic record since the agency's founding in 2013. In Paris, this figure is regarded not only as a statistical record but as an expression of a profound change in political culture. This development shows how much the French state has changed within a decade: transparency, oversight, and institutional monitoring of ...