Entre consolidation et remise en cause: Les tribulations de la loi sur la parité depuis le 6 juin 2000.

Since June 6, 2000 there have been several modifications to the French “parity law”. In ten years, five laws were adopted, thus altering its scope and methods of application. While some of these electoral reforms aimed to strengthen gender equality, other reforms have weakened however the parity law. The purpose of this article is to review these changes by focusing more specifically on two types of laws: that of January 31, 2007, supposed to strengthen gender equality and that of 10 December 2010 marks an unprecedented decline. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]