Brussels, 06/10/2015 (Agence Europe) - In ruling C-650/13 on Tuesday 6 October, the European Court of Justice confirmed the legality in France of an indefinite ban on voting in the European Parliament elections for French nationals convicted of serious crimes before a new Criminal Code came into force.
In1988, a French national, was convicted by a final judgment of a serious crime in France (more than five years in prison). On the basis of the criminal law in force at that time, he was...