In February, the Prime Minister entrusted the Court with a mission concerning the post-crisis public finance strategy. The Court is responding to this referral by publishing this report. Whatever the outlook for growth will be after the crisis, the pandemic will have long-term impacts on the French ...
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In 2020, the deficit of the general social security scheme reached an unprecedented level of €36.2 billion (€38.7 billion with the Old-Age Solidarity Fund). The fall in economic activity led to a drop in revenues and health insurance costs rose sharply. Social security organizations play a major rol...
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The Covid-19 epidemic, the activity restrictions it has brought and the emergency and support measures for households and businesses decided by the Government have had a massive impact on France’s public finances and on most sectors of activity. For this reason, the French 'Cour des comptes' has cho...
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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...
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The massive proliferation of green algae has affected many sites on the coasts of Britanny since the seventies. These stranding of green algae, also called “green tides”, have important consequences in terms of health, costs and image for the concerned areas and for Brittany. It is worth recalling t...
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There is a strong contrast between a housing policy designed in the 1970s, or even in the post-war years, prioritising reconstruction, and the human realities of France in the 2020s. In addition, although this policy is part of a constantly evolving framework, it is struggling to achieve the growing...
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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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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, ...
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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...
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