Publications

Following a trend that began in several countries in the mid-2010s, France decided to launch a strategic review of the challenges associated with artificial intelligence (AI) and to develop a specific public policy in this area. The first phase of the National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (S...

In 2022, 120,000 people suffered a cerebrovascular accident (CVA, or stroke). The majority of strokes leave permanent after-effects, which can vary in severity: quadriplegia, hemiplegia, aphasia. Invisible disabilities are also significant: fatigue, difficulty concentrating, cognitive impairment, mo...

On 27 June last, the Cour des comptes published the first part of its annual report on local public finances. It noted that local and regional authorities had made a significant contribution to the increase in the public deficit in 2024, even though they accounted for only a small proportion of it, ...

Covering 2% of the national territory, Île-de-France accounts for 18% of the French population, 22% of jobs and 32% of French GDP. In this respect, the operation and maintenance of Île-de-France’s road network often fail to live up to its strategic nature, its level of use and the challenges it face...

EDF and its subsidiaries have grown out of a public enterprise (Épic) with a monopoly on electricity generation, supply, transmission and distribution in France. Today, EDF and its subsidiaries have diversified activities in the energy sector and in many countries. At the request of the French Natio...

Pursuant to the law of 19 May 2023, the Cour des comptes conducted an assessment of the organisation of the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, which took place in France in the summer of 2024. In light of the objectives set by their organisers, the Games can be considered a source of satisfaction. ...

Faced with deteriorating public finances and a difficult political and social context, the financial jurisdictions are reaffirming their role as watchdogs of public action and publishing their annual report on the follow-up to recommendations. Each year, the Cour des comptes and the regional and ter...

The social and solidarity economy (SSE) has benefited from a unified framework for action since the framework Act of 31 July 2014. SSE players are distinguished from the conventional economy by their business model, which seeks to reconcile economic activity and social utility through democratic gov...

Following on from its 2022 report on the State's policy in favour of monumental heritage, the Cour des comptes has conducted an investigation into the same subject from the perspective of local authorities. The study was carried out by eight regional audit chambers on a representative sample of some...

As warnings from the international scientific community (IPCC, IPBES) multiply, the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss intensify, and public policies implemented to address these challenges take on increasing importance, the Court of Accounts has published the first annual report by fin...