HERITAGE DECLARATION. Who is the richest ? Who has the greatest wealth? Who has the best salary? The asset declarations of the candidates for the 2022 presidential election have been published, as required by law. The Internet user took out his calculator…
[Mis à jour le 9 mars 2022 à 20h57] While the presidential election will take place on Sundays April 10 and 24, the candidates are obliged to follow a particular rule: the declaration of assets, supposed to work for transparency and reveal possible conflicts of interest. On Tuesday March 8, 2022, the declarations of assets and income of the twelve candidates for the 2022 presidential election were published by the High Authority for Transparency in Public Life (HATVP), they have since been made available on the institution’s website.
The declaration of assets of presidential candidates is thus made public one month before the first round of the presidential election. In this way, voters can have access to several pieces of information, such as buildings, bank accounts, savings books… On the other hand, other data is protected and will not be disclosed to the general public, namely: the applicant’s home address, names of family members, and account numbers. From the real estate fortune of Valérie Pécresse and Eric Zemmour to the electric scooter of Yannick Jadot, Linternaute sifted through the documents and took out his calculator…
When must applicants declare their assets?
The candidates had to submit their declaration of assets to the Constitutional Council before March 4th. This filing came a few days before the official list of presidential candidates was released on Monday March 7, 2022. Emmanuel Macron had to go through a slightly different exercise. In accordance with the law in force, the Head of State had to submit his declaration of assets six months at the earliest and five months at the latest before the expiry of his mandate. The objective of this measurement is to study the evolution of the President of the Republic during the exercise of his function.
The declaration of assets of candidates for the presidential election is particularly regulated. Applicants must declare the following:
– built and unbuilt buildings;
– transferable securities;
– life insurance;
– current or savings bank accounts, passbooks and other savings products;
– miscellaneous movable property with a unit value of more than €10,000;
– motorized land vehicles, boats and aircraft;
– goodwill or clientele and charges and offices;
– movable and immovable property and accounts held abroad;
– other goods;
– the passive.
In 2017, for the first time, the asset declaration of all presidential candidates was published. This decision was taken following a recommendation by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which insisted that proof be given of the exemplary nature of the highest public officials, essential in its view to the proper functioning of a consistent integrity system. If the declaration of assets of candidates has been published since 2017, then it has existed since 1988. But until this rule change, only the declaration of the president in place was published.