The prevention of loss of independence has been widely discussed for ten years in parliamentary proceedings1, by researchers and specialists from various backgrounds, and in administrative reports. The analyses often cover the same ground, in particular in their emphasis of the importance of the iss...
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In structural terms, the financial stability of the health insurance system has been affected by the ageing population and an increasing share of chronic pathologies in health care expenditure. In addition, the impacts of the health crisis on social security receipts and the increases in remuneratio...
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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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“For the maintenance of the public force, and for administrative expenses, a general tax is indispensable; it must be equally distributed among all citizens, in proportion to their ability to pay” (Article 13 of the French Declaration of Human and Civil Rights of 26 August 1789). Together with equal...
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Rail reforms have incrementally brought about substantial improvements to the French rail network. However, they have failed to overcome a number of structural weaknesses, which the health crisis has greatly aggravated. The national rail network is struggling to recover after years of being run down...
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The provisions contained in the Constitutional Bylaw on Budget Acts (LOLF) of 1 August 2001 included the introduction of general accounts within central government’s accounting system. This reform was designed to address the inability to faithfully record central government’s assets, report all of i...
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In 2017, three hurricanes of exceptional violence hit the islands of Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy, 250 kilometres north-west of Guadeloupe. The most devastating of them, Irma, caused considerable damage to both territories. The two northern islands suffered the same cataclysm, but each have kno...
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The financial outlook for the High Council of statutory auditing, flash auditThe high council of statutory auditing (Haut Conseil du commissariat aux comptes, H3C) is an independent public authority that became an oversight authority following the order of 17 March 2016 transposing the European audi...
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For 40 years, the policy towards disadvantaged urban districts has set out to close the gaps between “targeted poor neighbourhoods” and others, by improving the living environment for their residents. The central government is putting forward €10 billion a year towards this aim, which is being combi...
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Despite national spending on education above the OECD average, the performance of the French school system tends to deteriorate, particularly for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Educational reforms, increased resources, the results of assessments of student achievement have not yet made...
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