While introducing the 2015 finance bill, the French government must present this year, for the very first time, a report assessing the past and upcoming public policies through other indicators than Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and its growth. In particular, it must assess their effects on the environment and inequalities. The release of the report follows the adoption by the French Parliament, in April this year, of the law proposal by Eva Sas, MP and member of the French Green Party, marking a first step towards a questioning of the supremacy of the GDP indicator.
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