Publications

This report is part of a body of work intended to present, for several major public policies, the main challenges that public decision-makers will face in the coming years and the levers that could make it possible to meet them. This series of publications, which runs from October to December 2021, ...

The French pension system is complex because it is made up of many schemes. Its financing is based on the principle of pay-as-you-go, according to which the youngest working generations finance, in particular through their contributions, the pensions of the older generations. Its financial balance i...

The consequences of the pandemic will have a lasting effect on the situation of government finances and in particular social finances. Close to break-even point in 2019, the basic social security schemes and the old-age solidarity fund (FSV) posted a deficit of an unprecedented magnitude (€39.7 bill...

The Court of Accounts is publishing a flash audit on the MaPrimeRénov’ scheme, an initiative set up to help with the energy renovation of homes and to achieve national targets in the fight against global warming. The programme aims to renovate 500,000 homes each year and has therefore been open, sin...

The Court has published three flash audits analysing the measures taken as part of the support provided by central government to the culture sector during the Covid-19 crisis. These audits, conducted in compliance with professional standards, are characterised by the speed of the investigations. The...

At the request of the Senate Finance Committee, the Court conducted an investigation into the very high-speed 4G mobile internet coverage of the nation. The first 4G services were marketed from 2012, although France was initially behind in their deployment compared to its European partners, particul...

As part of its missions with regard to organisations in receipt of donations, the Court of Accounts audited the use-of-funds statement for donations received from the public by the Fondation de France from 2014 to 2019.

The Covid-19 pandemic increased pressure on hospital critical care units – which prevent, diagnose and treat all forms of vital organ failure in critical patients whose prognosis is serious but potentially favourable – and increased the visibility of these units. The health crisis thus revealed stru...

At 10:30 a.m. on 15 September, the Committee on Finance, the General Economy and Budget Oversight, chaired by Éric Woerth, will hear André Barbé, Chairman of the “Civil Service” inter-institutional body in charge of financial jurisdictions, present the report on the survey, which the Court of Accoun...

On 15 September at 9:00 a.m., the Committee on Finance, the General Economy and Budgetary Audit, chaired by Mr Éric Woerth, will question Mr Pierre Moscovici, First President of the Court of Accounts, on the audit report requested of the Court, pursuant to Article 58 (2) of the by-law relating to fi...