📈🇫🇷 Rising unemployment in France, especially among youth

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France's unemployment rate has risen to 7.9%, the highest in five years, with youth unemployment increasing by 2.8 percentage points. The government faces criticism for failing to meet full-employment promises made by President Macron in 2022. Proposals to introduce a new employment contract for young people have been rejected, raising concerns about the effectiveness of current strategies to combat rising unemployment.

Key points

• Unemployment in France reaches 7.9%, the highest in five years.
• Youth unemployment has surged by 2.8 percentage points in one year.
• The government faces criticism for failing to meet full-employment promises.
• Proposals to address youth unemployment have been rejected.

Links

• Franceinfo: Chômage : le nombre de demandeurs d'emploi augmente, surtout chez les jeunes
• BFMTV: EDITO. Le plein-emploi promis par Emmanuel Macron en 2022? Un lointain souvenir... L'Europe continue à créer des emplois, la France grimpe à 8% de taux de chômage

Facts

• Unemployment rate in France is now 7.9%, up from 7.3% last year.
• Youth unemployment rate increased by 2.8 percentage points in one year.
• Youth unemployment in France is three times higher than in Germany.
• The government rejected the 'CDI jeunes' proposal aimed at addressing youth unemployment.

Quotes

• We must fight it. We have addressed it with apprenticeships so that young people can find themselves on the labour market more quickly and stronger, so that they can work. We must give them jobs. — Roland Lescure

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