Publications

The right to reliable sanitation and drinking water supply services is a vital issue for all populations, and one that is particularly acute in the overseas territories. The proliferation of difficulties in the 2010s was characterised by a collapse in the quality of certain services. This led to wat...

The State is responsible for the reception, accommodation and integration of foreign nationals. The General Directorate for Foreign Nationals (DGEF) of the ministry of the interior is responsible for steering this policy. In the execution of its mandate, it relies mainly on a public administrative i...

At the dawn of the new millennium, the European Union adopted the Lisbon Strategy, aimed at making the European economy "the most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in the world". Since then, support for research has played an important role in the Union's strategy, although this has no...

At the request of the National Finance Committee of the National Assembly, the Court examined the impact of recent local tax reforms on local taxpayers, households and businesses, local authorities, as well as the State and public finances as a whole. These reforms were implemented with objectives u...

Against comparable European countries, France experienced a faster rate of deindustrialisation between 2000 and 2010. Following the Gallois report in 2012, France gradually changed its strategy. The actions taken have come in a variety of forms, with contrasting results in 2024. Against this backdro...

Emergency departments within public or private healthcare facilities provide continuous care for all patients requiring urgent treatment, including those with psychiatric conditions. Emergency medicine is defined by the provision of care within the first 24 hours of a patient’s arrival and is not de...

The Court of Accounts has published the second part of its annual report on local government finances. In the first pamphlet, published last July, the Court noted that while 2022 had been a very favourable year, 2023 saw a general deterioration in the financial position of local authorities. In this...

Created in France in 1791, inheritance tax imposes a charge on the net inheritance received by each heir, depending on their relationship to the deceased. Misunderstood and unpopular with the French, inheritance tax is viewed favourably by economic theory because of its redistributive function. It h...

Between 2017 and 2023, 271 international organisations and multilateral funds received French public funding. France makes three types of contribution to multilateral entities: contributions to the budgets of international organisations, contributions to trust or concessional funds and equity invest...

Over the years, some of the knowledge acquired by doctors during their initial training becomes partially outdated, and this is all the more the case today as it is put to the test by numerous technological, diagnostic and therapeutic developments. Updating the knowledge of healthcare professionals ...