Publications

Since the early 1990s, the French social security system has been in constant deficit (save for a short-lived remission in 2000-2001), which the 2009 economic recession pushed to unprecedented levels. Over the long term, it is faced with challenges of financial sustainability connected with a lastin...

The Cour des comptes of France now presents its annual report on local public finances in two parts to improve the information given to Parliament. Part I, focusing on the financial position in 2018, was published last June; part II is focused on the situation in 2019 and beyond, as well as on an as...

In 2018, public deficit has once more reduced, to 2.5 GDP points, albeit less than in 2017. The public debt-to-GDP ratio has stopped rising, for the first time in ten years. The trajectory set for the April 2019 Stability programme foresees an increase in deficit and debt this year, due to the conve...

The financial situation of local government authorities and their public agencies in 2018.

To better inform the Parliament during the public finance policy debate, the Cour now presents its analyses on the financial situation of the social security system in two stages. This report studying the social security accounts in 2018 is the first stage. The aggregate deficit of the general socia...

The Cour des comptes has published its thirteenth report on the certification of the social security system financial statements for the 2018 fiscal year. Its opinion on the regularity, fairness and truthfulness of these financial statements provides information on the quality of the collection of s...

The Cour des comptes has published the certification document for the Central Government financial statements, prepared each year in accordance with Article 58 of the by-law relating to finance acts. The Cour des comptes certifies that the Central Government financial statements for 2018 as at 30 Ap...

The Cour des comptes has presented its report on the Central Government budget for 2018, as well as 66 budget execution analyses carried out, in particular by mission and by programme. In 2018, execution of the budget was better controlled than in previous years, notably thanks to a more realistic e...