Overview
- The National Assembly approved the transpartisan text 109–0 in second reading, with France Insoumise abstaining over conflict-of-interest wording.
- Indemnities for mayors and deputies rise most in smaller communes, with a mayor of 2,000 residents moving from €2,121 to €2,290 a month and a projected cost of €50–55 million.
- An additional pension quarter is granted per executive mandate, capped at three following Senate amendments.
- Functional protection becomes automatic for all local officials facing threats or insults linked to their duties, and the electoral leave for candidates doubles to 20 days.
- The law introduces a student-elected official status and broader practical supports, and the government says it plans to publish implementing decrees before the March municipal vote.