Publications

Resulting from the reorganisation of Oséo, CDC Entreprises, Fonds Stratégique d’Investissement (FSI) and FSI Régions, Banque publique d’investissement (Bpifrance) was launched in 2012 to develop and broaden government support for corporate financing and to mitigate the risk of a credit crunch. Its s...

More than 10 years after its previous report on central government civil servant pensions, the Cour des comptes has once again carried out an analysis of civil servant pension schemes, including local government and hospital civil servants. It has examined their specific characteristics and progress...

The structure of the French labour market puts young people in particular at a disadvantage. It takes them longer to find stable employment, they are more commonly faced with job insecurity and involuntary part-time work, and they have a high poverty rate. For several decades, a number of assistance...

Drinking is a sensitive issue in France, where alcohol is associated with celebrations, lifestyle and culture. This social and cultural heritage is further strengthened by alcohol's economic clout, and results in a general tolerance towards drinking. This largely explains the challenges in designing...

Pursuant to Article L. 132-5 of the Financial Jurisdictions Code,the President of the French National Assembly wrote to the First President on 7 October 2014 to request his assistance in carrying out a study in conjunction with the work of the Public Policy Assessment and Oversight Committee (CEC) t...

The following report was drawn up at the request of the President of the National Assembly acting in the name of the Public Policy Assessment and Audit Committee (CEC), within the framework of the parliamentary assistance procedure provided for in Article L. 132-5 of the Financial Courts Code.

Pursuant to Article 58-2 of the Organic Law relating to Finance Acts of 1 August 2001, the Chair of the National Assembly’s Finance, Standing Committee sent the Cour des comptes a letter on 17 December 2013 with a request to carry out a survey of the schemes and credits in place to support young peo...