Publications

The Regional Express Network (RER) has grown steadily since the 1970s, marking a turning point in transport services in the Île-de-France region. Given the scale of the impact on passengers, reliability, frequency and passenger information are key issues for this network. The five RER lines are oper...

The French hospital system is made up of public and private acute hospitals. At the end of 2020, out of 2,989 establishments, there were 1,347 public hospitals, 972 private for-profit and 670 private not-for-profit establishments, the majority of which were public-interest private healthcare establi...

On the eve of the covid-19 epidemic, the overall financial position of public hospitals appeared to be deteriorating, with recurring losses (€558 million in 2019). Two investment plans, Hôpital 2007 and Hôpital 2012, had led to a tripling of financial debt to €30 billion in 2019. The interest burden...

For over twenty years, the prison population has been rising steadily, reaching an all-time high of 73,000 by the end of 2022. This places France among the ten European countries in which the prison population is increasing. The majority of inmates are young men with social and medical vulnerabiliti...

In addition to its well-developed agri-food and tourism sectors, the French department of Jura has a dense network of small and medium-sized businesses in the aeronautics, metal, plastics, timber, construction and eyewear industries. These companies are facing major recruitment difficulties, which a...

In 2016, the Perce-Neige Foundation succeeded the association of the same name, which had been recognised as a charitable association fifty years earlier. It was set up by actor Lino Ventura and his wife in 1965 to accommodate and provide support for people with mental disabilities and their familie...

In order to protect gamblers from the risks of addiction and to prevent fraudulent or criminal activities, gambling has been prohibited in principle since 1836, except where express derogations have been granted on condition that public order is maintained. Gambling activities are divided into four ...

Since 2017, there has been a strong social demand for gender equality, motivated by persistent inequalities and occurring alongside the rise of the #MeToo movement. Violence against women, particularly domestic violence, is a particularly sensitive issue, and especially came to the fore during the p...

The increase in the number of disabled people aged over 50 is a major phenomenon. Between 2011 and 2019, the number of recipients of the disabled adult allowance (AAH) aged over 50 rose by 55 %. These figures are the result of a combination of the advancing age of the post-war generations and the si...

The Court of Accounts was interviewed on 18 July by the Olympic and Paralympic Games (JOP) monitoring delegation of the French National Assembly’s Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education. This hearing follows the submission to Parliament of a supplementary report on the organisation of the 2024 ...