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...
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At a time when France has set itself the target of becoming fossil natural gas-free by 2050, biogas represents a major lever for this transition. What's more, the crisis in energy prices between 2021 and 2023 has highlighted the benefits of biogas for the security of energy supply. Biogas is a gaseo...
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There were more than 2.5 million farmers in France in 1955, but today there are only 496,000 left, according to the 2020 Agricultural Census. As a corollary to this trend, the number of farms in mainland France is falling, to around 389,000 in 2020 – almost 800,000 fewer than in 1980. Every year sin...
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The Cour des comptes of France now presents its annual report on local public finances in two parts to improve the information given to Parliament. Part I, focusing on the financial position in 2018, was published last June; part II is focused on the situation in 2019 and beyond, as well as on an as...
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Over the last decade, organic farming has undergone a change of scale, with the share of organic farming in the agricultural area increasing from 3% to 10% between 2010 and 2021and organic consumption increasing 3.5 times over this period. Now 19% of farmers are organic. In the report published toda...
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Early childhood care policy covers all actions aimed at developing childcare solutions for children under the age of three, i.e. 2.17 million children in January 2023. In the 1970s, subsidies were granted to parents looking after their children and to childminders. A key priority has been developing...
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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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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...
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Article L. 210-1 of France’s Environmental Code emphasises that “the protection of water, its promotion and the development of usable resources, while respecting natural balances, are issues of general interest”. To ensure the protection of this heritage, public policy must maintain the proper funct...
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A significant proportion of unemployment is due to difficulties in matching job supply with job demand. One of the reasons for such difficulties is a lack of geographical mobility for job seekers. This is a significant issue: 1 to 2.5 percentage points of the national unemployment rate thus may be l...
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