DECRYPTION
The body is active behind the scenes, as negotiations continue to compose the first government of the new Prime Minister Jean Castex. Created in 2014 by the law on the transparency of public life, the High Authority for the transparency of public life (HATVP) has the heavy task of controlling the situation of all future ministers, in order to avoid an unpleasant surprise like that of the Thévenoud affair, this short-lived minister of François Hollande in 2014, blamed for his late payment of taxes. But what exactly does it control?
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The HATVP must verify that all future nominees are beyond reproach. To do this, it scrutinizes their tax and property declarations, but also their potential conflicts of interest. On the first part, the independent administrative authority peels the payment of taxes by the interested party, but also the correct valuation of his movable and immovable property. The authority may request from the tax authorities any document it considers necessary.
It can make an assessment at the Élysée
Another mission: to examine the declarations of interests of potential ministers, that is to say their past or present professional activities, their participation in various public and private organizations, their voluntary activities, and even the profession of their spouse.
Depending on what it finds, the High Authority first contacts the person concerned to ask for any clarifications, and can then formulate an assessment sent to the Élysée and Matignon.