The Cour des comptes has published its sixth annual report, produced jointly with the regional courts of audit, on the financial position and management of local authorities and their public institutions. It offers a new analysis of the impact of the decrease in state funding over the 2014-2017 peri...
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The Cour des comptes is publishing its annual report on the situation and outlook of public finances in France, including the audit on public finances asked for by the prime minister. Despite the efforts undertaken, the situation of France’s public finances is far from being in order. The slow pace ...
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In 2022, with a public deficit of 4.7 points of GDP and a debt of 111.8 points of GDP, €575bn higher than in 2019, France’s public finances are still marked by the crises that have affected the country since 2020 and the measures that have been taken to mitigate their effects. As is the case every y...
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Identity checks are a central part of police and “gendarmerie” practice. The Defender of Rights referred the matter to the Court of Accounts, asking it to undertake an investigation of the conditions under which identity checks are carried out - a subject that is regularly questioned in public debat...
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The pass Culture scheme has been a priority policy of the ministry of culture since 2017. Following trials in a number of departments, the pass Culture scheme was rolled out to all 18 year-olds throughout France in 2021, then extended to 15-17 year-olds in 2022. It provides beneficiaries with an ind...
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In accordance with its constitutional duty to assist Parliament, the Court of Accounts is today publishing its 2023 report on the implementation of the Social Security Finance Act. For the first time, this report is being published in the spring at the same time as the newly created law approving th...
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While the financial position of the local public sector deteriorated in 2020 due to the health crisis and its economic and social consequences, several factors helped limit the extent of this deterioration. At the end of 2020, the overall situation of local government finances was similar to that of...
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The 2018 annual public report is divided into three volumes: - volume I sets out the observations and recommendations resulting from a selection of controls and investigations conducted in 2017 by the Cour des comptes and the regional and territorial courts of audit; - volume II presents the follow-...
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The Central Government’s financial statements and the Cour des comptes’ certification document are attached to the draft budget review act for the past financial year. These documents make it possible to ensure there is transparent information on the Central Government’s financial situation, in orde...
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This report is part of a body of work intended to present, for several major public policies, the main challenges that public decision-makers will face in the coming years and the levers that could make it possible to meet them. This series of publications, which runs from October to December 2021, ...
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