The health crisis has led to an unprecedented widening in the social security deficit, resulting from a fall in revenue and an increase in expenditure in response to the emergency. The result has been a considerable increase in social debt. In order to safeguard the social security system over the l...
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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...
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In conjunction with the regional audit chambers, the Court has sought, from the numerous data available and site inspections and checks, to describe and understand the distribution and allocation of resources between the different types of patients concerned by mental health and psychiatric care (fr...
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The Cour des comptes and the regional chambers of accounts of Occitania conducted a survey of 26 medium-sized cities in Occitania and their intermunicipal authority for cooperation between local authorities (EPCI). These regions, which are home to 1.8 million people, i.e. 31% of the region's populat...
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Overseas départements and regions (DROMs) face specific constraints in terms of housing: building land is scarce and expensive due to their geography, construction costs are higher than in mainland France and rapid and heterogeneous demographic changes make planning more complex.
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Historically, policing has always been one of the most ancient powers of mayors, and Central Government has only gradually emerged as the guarantor of security for citizens. Organisation of public security authorities was introduced through legislation dated 6th April 1884, which shared policing pow...
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In April 2019, the French national audit office, Cour des comptes announced that it would control troughout the whole rebuilding process, the fund-raising and use of donations made to the rebuildind of Notre Dame Cathedral, and would publish control reports on a regular basis. Among others, the firs...
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This report, the result of a joint survey between the Court of Accounts and 9 Regional and Territorial Chambers of Accounts, observes that district heating networks make an effective contribution to the energy transition but that this resource remains underexploited. It analyses the way in which the...
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In the first issue of its report on local public finances, published in June 2021, the Court analysed the financial situation of local government authorities as of 31 December 2020, after a year marked by the pandemic and its social and economic consequences. This second issue covers the situation a...
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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...
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