Publications

For the period 2018-2023, the Court estimates that the State has committed around €6.7 billion to support innovation in agriculture, i.e. more than €1 billion per year. The aim of this support is to deploy innovative solutions in farms, including those from French Agritech (digital, robotics, genomi...

Following his general policy speech to the National Assembly on 14 January, the Prime Minister entrusted the Court with a "flash mission" on the financial situation and outlook for the pensions system. The report is due on 20 February. According to the letter of assignment sent to the Court on 20 Ja...

The Court of Accounts publishes its first report of the year devoted to the overall state of public finances after two difficult years. For the second consecutive year, the public deficit worsened in 2024, reaching almost €175 billion, or 6.0 percentage points of GDP, after 5.5 points in 2023 and 4.

Designated by the President of the Republic in 2017 and 2022 as a "Great National Cause", gender equality policy has been the subject of several high points, including the presentation of the "All Equal" plan in March 2023. This report highlights the differences in the life paths of women and men th...

The Mediterranean coast is an area of high socio-environmental tensions, home to almost 3.3 million people. The management of this territory, shaped by the State before the decentralising laws and then by the intervention of local authorities, is now being called into question. The local authorities...

In France, the national police and gendarmerie jointly carry out public safety and law enforcement duties. Since the gendarmerie became part of the Ministry of the Interior in 2009, they have been under the same political authority. The internal security forces employ 253,000 police officers and gen...

Secours Catholique is a non-profit organisation under the French law of 1901, founded by the assembly of cardinals and bishops of France by decision of 8 September 1946. Its articles of association, which date from 1962, aim to promote the influence of Christian charity by providing help and support...

Based in particular on the audits carried out by the Regional and Territorial Chambers of Accounts, the Court has examined the conditions under which local authorities and their groupings delegate the management of local public services to private companies. The Court proposes a series of measures t...

The pass Culture scheme has been a priority policy of the ministry of culture since 2017. Following trials in a number of departments, the pass Culture scheme was rolled out to all 18 year-olds throughout France in 2021, then extended to 15-17 year-olds in 2022. It provides beneficiaries with an ind...

The Territoires d'Industrie Programme was launched in 2018 by the government to set up a cooperative framework to support industry outside metropolitan areas, around small and medium-sized towns and in rural areas. These areas are home to a large number of companies and production units, with a prop...