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...
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The right to reliable sanitation and drinking water supply services is a vital issue for all populations, and one that is particularly acute in the overseas territories. The proliferation of difficulties in the 2010s was characterised by a collapse in the quality of certain services. This led to wat...
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The State is responsible for the reception, accommodation and integration of foreign nationals. The General Directorate for Foreign Nationals (DGEF) of the ministry of the interior is responsible for steering this policy. In the execution of its mandate, it relies mainly on a public administrative i...
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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...
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The Court of Accounts publishes its annual report on the implementation and results of the State budget in 2024. Its scope is narrower than that of reports devoted to public finances as a whole, which include not only State finances but also those of the social security system and local authorities.
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On 13 January 2022, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the conference of university presidents, the President of the French Republic announced the introduction of “genuine Contracts of Objectives, Resources and Performance over several years, to ensure clarity, efficiency and performance”. A...
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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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Community service (TIG) and electronically supervised home detention (DDSE) are two emblematic measures of the policy launched over twenty years ago to promote alternatives to imprisonment. At the beginning of April 2024, just over 22,000 people were being monitored under the TIG scheme and 18,000 u...
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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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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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