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Looming plea-deal vote casts cloud over French corporate crime enforcement

By Martin Coyle ( April 21, 2026, 10:09 GMT | Comment) -- After a decade that has seen France become one of the world’s most dependable enforcers of corporate wrongdoing, lawmakers are threatening to rip up the country’s plea-deal system. If they vote through the changes on May 5 it would be a blow to France’s international standing, and could lead to pressure from global standard-setters, experts say.After a decade that has seen France become one of the world’s biggest enforcers of corporate wrongdoing, lawmakers in the country are threatening to rip up the country’s plea-deal system....

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