Overview

• Senate President Gérard Larcher announced he will seize the Senate Ethics Committee once he obtains the court’s remand order.
• Senate regulations make ethics committee referral a prerequisite for any disciplinary measures, including censure or temporary exclusion.
• Joël Guerriau remains under judicial control pending his November trial in Paris for chemical submission and drug possession.
• Toxicology reports from November 2023 confirmed high-purity MDMA in the champagne consumed by fellow senator Sandrine Josso.
• A witness from 2022 has come forward alleging a similar incident with Guerriau, though she has not filed a formal complaint.