Publications

The organic and functional attachment of the Gendarmerie to the Ministry of the Interior was carried out by law no. 2009-971 of 3 August 2009. This was the culmination of a process initiated in 2002, when the Minister of the Interior became responsible for the use of force to serve domestic security...

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...

Faced with a major health crisis and its unprecedented economic consequences, France has reacted with exceptional measures to fight the epidemic and support household and business incomes. However, this crisis will have a lasting impact on the economy and public finances. Activity is set to pick up ...

In February, the Prime Minister entrusted the Court with a mission concerning the post-crisis public finance strategy. The Court is responding to this referral by publishing this report. Whatever the outlook for growth will be after the crisis, the pandemic will have long-term impacts on the French ...

The health crisis related to the Covid-19 epidemic and the decisions taken to deal with it have had unprecedented effects on the functioning of the State and society. National lockdown measures have greatly disrupted the functioning of public services, which tried to continue to operate while many o...

At the request of the Finance Committee of the National Assembly, the Court initiated an investigation into public aid for innovation. As agreed with the Finance Committee, the scope of the enquiry concerned the overall support for companies, without analysing the specific sectors in terms of resear...

In 2020, the deficit of the general social security scheme reached an unprecedented level of €36.2 billion (€38.7 billion with the Old-Age Solidarity Fund). The fall in economic activity led to a drop in revenues and health insurance costs rose sharply. Social security organizations play a major rol...

The Court of Auditors has published its 2020 State Budget Report, accompanied by 65 budget performance analysis notes. 2020 was dominated by the health crisis and massive State interventions in response, resulting in the adoption of four Amending Finance Acts. In terms of performance, the deficit in...

The Court of Auditors has published the certification of the State financial statements, drawn up each year pursuant to Article 58 of the Organic Act on Finance Acts (“LOLF”). The Court certifies that, pursuant to applicable accounting rules and principles, the State financial statements for financi...

The Covid-19 epidemic, the activity restrictions it has brought and the emergency and support measures for households and businesses decided by the Government have had a massive impact on France’s public finances and on most sectors of activity. For this reason, the French 'Cour des comptes' has cho...