In September 2017, in a report commissioned by the Prime Minister, economist Jean Pisani-Ferry considered that France was suffering from a number of structural weaknesses, including a lack of skills among its working population. He felt that this was preventing us from meeting the major economic cha...
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Drinking is a sensitive issue in France, where alcohol is associated with celebrations, lifestyle and culture. This social and cultural heritage is further strengthened by alcohol's economic clout, and results in a general tolerance towards drinking. This largely explains the challenges in designing...
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The Court of accounts has recently published the English version of the summaries of the twenty chapters of its last Annual public report, which provides an initial overview of the lessons to be learned from the health crisis and its budgetary, financial, economic and social consequences. Five of th...
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On 2 April 2014, the Cour des comptes issued a public report on Cinema and audiovisual production support, changes needed. The policy of providing public aid for cinema and audiovisual production was introduced in the late 1950s for cinema projects and in the 1980s for the audiovisual sector. The em...
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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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Almost fifteen years after publication of the Conseil des Impôts (Tax Council) report "Fiscalité et environnement" (Taxation and the Environment –2005), its successor, the Conseil des Prélèvements Obligatoires (CPO – Council of Mandatory Contributions) decided to return to the subject of environment...
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Created in France in 1791, inheritance tax imposes a charge on the net inheritance received by each heir, depending on their relationship to the deceased. Misunderstood and unpopular with the French, inheritance tax is viewed favourably by economic theory because of its redistributive function. It h...
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Since 2017, there has been a strong social demand for gender equality, motivated by persistent inequalities and occurring alongside the rise of the #MeToo movement. Violence against women, particularly domestic violence, is a particularly sensitive issue, and especially came to the fore during the p...
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More than 10 years after its previous report on central government civil servant pensions, the Cour des comptes has once again carried out an analysis of civil servant pension schemes, including local government and hospital civil servants. It has examined their specific characteristics and progress...
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On a half-century scale, the effectiveness of the road safety policy is indisputable and its results spectacular: from more than 18,000 killed on the roads of France in 1972, that number fell to less than 3,500 in 2018 and 2019. It is therefore an indisputable success. There are signs, however, tha...
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