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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Alongside the main taxes, which include social levies, value added tax, income tax and corporation tax, taxpayers in France are subject to a wide range of taxes of various kinds, commonly grouped under the heading of “low-yield taxes”. Representing relatively modest financial stakes compared to othe...
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Against comparable European countries, France experienced a faster rate of deindustrialisation between 2000 and 2010. Following the Gallois report in 2012, France gradually changed its strategy. The actions taken have come in a variety of forms, with contrasting results in 2024. Against this backdro...
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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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Established in 1964, the National Forest Office (Office National des Forêts, ONF) is an industrial and commercial public agency (EPIC) responsible for the sustainable management of public forests. In mainland France, the ONF manages approximately 1.7 million hectares of State-owned forests and 2.9 m...
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The 2024 Annual Public Report, published today, in figures: 725 pages in two volumes; 62 audit recommendations; the result of the work of the six chambers of the Court, seventeen regional Chambers of Accounts (CRCs), five inter-jurisdictional committees (common to the Court and a CRC) ; contribution...
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The 2016 annual public report comprises two parts : - Part I outlines the observations and recommendations drawn from a selection of audits, surveys and evaluations carried out in 2015 by the Cour des comptes, regional and territorial courts of accounts, or the Cour des comptes in conjunction with r...
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On 23 June 2016, when asked by referendum: “Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?”, the British people voted by a majority of 51.89% of the votes cast in favour of leaving. Following a long phase of negotiations, the United Kingdom left the Euro...
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In order to provide the Parliament, before the summer, with an appraisal of the financial situation of various public administrations for the past year, the Cour des comptes presents its annual analyses of the financial situation and outlook for local authorities and the social security system in tw...
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The 2017 Annual Public Report is published in two volumes: - volume I sets out the observations and recommendations made as a result of a set of audits and investigations undertaken in 2016 by the Cour des Comptes and its regional and territorial chambers of accounts; - volume II sets out the organi...
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