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…
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