Publications

In several European countries, including France, significant discrepancies between forecasts and actual public revenues have been observed since the health crisis. A loss of confidence in the soundness of budget forecasts would weaken the anchoring role of budgetary rules, thereby threatening the cr...

The need to provide accommodation for non-sedentary seasonal workers in order to facilitate their recruitment, which is essential to the preservation and development of economic activities such as tourism and agriculture, is an issue that has been clearly identified by the public authorities as a wa...

The “Teachers' Pact” is a compensation scheme introduced at the start of the 2023 academic year, under which staff who choose to take part (teachers, principal education advisers and national education psychologists) will receive additional remuneration in return for carrying out additional tasks. T...

The Court of Accounts publishes its annual report on the financial situation of local authorities, based on an examination of their accounts for 2024. In 2024, local authorities contributed significantly to the increase in the total public deficit, despite their limited share of it. This is the resu...

The Court of Accounts has published an initial assessment of public spending on the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. This initial report lists the spending that was essential to the smooth running of the event, as well as the spending initiated by the organisers or resulting from the actions of th...

The "Zero Long-Term Unemployment Territory" experiment enables volunteer areas to coordinate the actions of social and economic stakeholders in order to provide an appropriate response to individuals who have been unemployed for an extended period. The experiment set up by two successive laws (2016 ...

The "Restaurants du cœur - Les Relais du cœur" association, more commonly known as "Les Restos du cœur", aims to provide volunteer assistance to the underprivileged, through access to free meals and participation in their social and economic integration. It is supported by a network of around one hu...

The Fédération Française des Banques Alimentaires (FBBA) is a federation of 79 food banks (FBs) and 29 branches covering mainland France, Martinique, Guadeloupe and La Réunion. FFBA is one of the four network heads responsible for food aid in France, alongside Restaurants du coeur, the French Red Cr...

France has 30 opera houses, including six in the Île-de-France region alone. These operas welcome an average of two million spectators a year and are one of the oldest forms of cultural dissemination. Through their influence, opera houses contribute to the renown and cultural appeal of France and it...

In response to a proposal submitted via its citizen platform, the Court of Accounts is publishing an investigation into the use of consulting firms by local authorities. Conducted by the regional and territorial chambers of accounts of Occitanie, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, and F...