Overview
- Degallaix, convicted Thursday by the Lille court, must leave the Valenciennes mayor’s office and the Valenciennes Métropole leadership at once under an immediate five‑year ban.
- Judges added a two‑year suspended prison term and a €20,000 fine.
- The court found he pushed a parking contractor to hire a woman he was in a relationship with, tried to get her to drop a complaint, and used his status to speed the firing of another woman tied to opponents.
- He filed an appeal, but the ban stays in force because the court ordered provisional enforcement that takes effect even during appeals.
- Three co‑defendants received lighter suspended sentences, including 18 months and a €10,000 fine for a parking company figure, and four years without the right to run for office.