Conseil constitutionnel (France)
France's constitutional court, which rules whether laws comply with the Constitution.
In decision 2026-915 DC of 14 August 2026, the Conseil constitutionnel upheld fast administrative expulsion of occupants WHO outstay a tourist-let contract, while striking down the criminal provision attached to it.
Last refreshed: 4 October 2026
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The Conseil constitutionnel rules whether French laws comply with the Constitution. The 1958 Constitution created it. Nine appointed members sit on it, and former presidents of the Republic sit by right. Richard Ferrand has presided since 8 March 2025, after President Emmanuel Macron appointed him on 20 February 2025.
In decision 2026-915 DC of 14 August 2026 it held that extending the fast administrative-expulsion procedure to occupants WHO stay after a tourist-let contract ends is constitutional. It struck down the accompanying criminal provision.
That ruling split one measure into parts, upholding the civil route and annulling the criminal one, which gives courts reviewing other short-let rules a model for separating a measure's elements. Such challenges are live elsewhere in Europe: Tuscany's regional Administrative Court refused on 25 September 2026 to pause Florence's freeze on new tourist lets.