Publications

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...

The Valentin Haüy Foundation (VHF), which serves blind and visually impaired people, was created by the Valentin Haüy Association with an endowment of €95 million, and recognised as a public charity in July 2012. In its articles of association, its purpose is very similar to that of the founding ass...

The Valentin Haüy Association aims to meet all the needs of visually impaired people. It carries out its social missions itself, for which it has developed training facilities as well as putting in place support programmes for social and professional integration, accommodation for young people and s...

Public risk management covers a wide range of issues, organisational methods and actions relating to the State and local authorities. It differs from crisis management, which is required once the risks have occurred; here, it is necessary to implement mitigation measures and reaction capabilities in...

By the end of the 1990s, the diagnosis of the handicaps holding back Corsica's development had been established several decades earlier. However, the measures proposed to remedy the situation, in terms of infrastructure and community facilities, had not been implemented. Launched in 2002, the Except...

The collection of compulsory levies (taxes, social security contributions) for public administrations (the State and its public establishments, social security bodies and local authorities) is mainly the responsibility of businesses. They are involved in two ways: not only are they liable for certai...

At the start of the 2022 school year, there were more than 2 million pupils, or 17.6% of the total number of school enrolments in France, enrolled in state-subsidised private education in just over 7,500 establishments. Created by the law of 31 December 1959, known as the Debré Law, the system of st...

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...

The flash audit published today concerns the public service missions entrusted to the main French postal service, La Poste. At a time when the amount of state funding for these services has risen sharply, this report is intended to provide guidance to the negotiators of the 2023-2027 service contrac...

The Court of Accounts has issued a qualified opinion on the 2022 accounts of four of the five benefit branches of the general social security system, as well as those of the recovery activity. It has issued an adverse opinion on the 2022 accounts of the family branch (CAF network) and the National F...