[4] In this capacity, he oversaw French authorities obtaining Swiss bank account data amid a push to catch tax cheats.

[10] In July 2019, Woerth was one of the few LR members who abstained from a vote on the French ratification of the European Union's Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.

[11] Together with Benjamin Dirx, Woerth published a non-legally binding report in 2019 which garnered international attention for its recommendations on preventing short-sellers and activists from unfairly destabilising French corporates.

[12][13] Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections, Woerth publicly declared his support for incumbent Emmanuel Macron and criticized the Republicans’ candidate Valérie Pécresse.

[14][15] Following the 2022 legislative election, Woerth stood as a candidate for the National Assembly's presidency;[16] in an internal vote, he lost against Yaël Braun-Pivet.

[18][19] The Canard enchaîné and Marianne weeklies later revealed that Woerth authorized the sale of the Compiegne racetrack to a group with close connections to the UMP, for a very low price and through an improper procedure.

[21][circular reference] He has been put under investigation in 2018 in the alleged Libyan financing in the 2007 French presidential election and in 2021 in the Bernard Tapie case.