Publications

The Chair of the Senate Social Affairs Committee has asked the Court of Accounts to carry out a survey on "respiratory health". Its aim is to assess the effectiveness of policies to prevent and combat the main respiratory diseases: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma and lung cancer...

Defined by article L. 1411-11 of the French Public Health Code (CSP), primary care includes not only care provided by general practitioners and some specialists who can be accessed directly, but also advice from pharmacists, nursing care, physiotherapy, dental care and treatment provision by speech ...

While the resources earmarked for perinatal policy are increasing (€9.3 billion in 2021, up 9 % on 2016) and the birth rate is falling (-5.3 % over the same period), the health results observed call into question the efficiency of the allocated resources. The main perinatal health indicators - still...

In September 2023, in a report on the State's gender equality policy, the Court of Accounts concluded that only limited progress had been made in this area. In French Polynesia and New Caledonia, where domestic violence is more prevalent than in public spaces, the situation is worse than in most oth...

Law no. 2021-1104 of 22 August 2021 on combating climate change and building resilience to its effects, known as the “Climate and Resilience Law”, is a major step forward in climate action. Following on from the work of the Citizens’ Convention on Climate, it covers a very wide scope. In view of the...

From the second half of 2021, energy prices have begun to bounce back with the post-covid global economic recovery. The rise accelerated in the spring of 2022 in Europe, after the outbreak of war in Ukraine. As a result of price-setting mechanisms on European wholesale electricity markets, which pas...

With 53.9 million skier-days, France ranks second in the world for winter tourism, just behind the United States. In the 1960s and 1970s, winter tourism in the mountains grew considerably in France, with the construction of winter sports resorts as part of the government’s winter sports plans. One o...

Following an initial publication in April 2020, which focused on the integration of legal immigrants and the exercise of the right to asylum, the Cour des comptes today publishes a report devoted to the policy of combating illegal immigration, and in particular the resources deployed and the results...

Higher education institutions play a special role in the ecological transition. Representing almost half of all State operators and catering for a large number of people, they have a substantial environmental impact. Numerous initiatives have been taken in recent years, and policies are beginning to...

Housing taxation is a complex mix of taxes and tax incentives, inherited from a long history and incomplete integration into public housing policy. Representing revenue of around €92 billion in 2022, or around 3.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) according to the definition used in this report, it i...