https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed France’s beleaguered Socialist government were celebrating the biggest drop in the jobless rate since the year 2000, but is it really reason to rejoice? https://www.thelocal.fr/20160427/has-france-really-seen-a-record-drop-in-unemployment Wed, 27 Apr 2016 11:11:25 +0200 has-france-really-seen-a-record-drop-in-unemployment French unemployment was stable in the second quarter at around 10 percent, official data showed on Thursday, as the EU's second-largest economy continues to grapple with a stagnant economy. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150903/french-unemployment-10-percent-stable Thu, 03 Sep 2015 10:58:05 +0200 french-unemployment-10-percent-stable The man tasked with bringing down unemployment in France has quit his post, leaving President François Hollande with the task of finding someone to fill the thankless post of Labour Minister. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150810/frances-labour-minister-quits-his-post Mon, 10 Aug 2015 11:44:29 +0200 frances-labour-minister-quits-his-post The French government's desperate efforts to stem the rise in unemployment continue to have little impact as the jobless rate rose to a fresh record high in April, new stats revealed. However ministers remain optimistic. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150602/france-sees-another-spike-in-jobless-rate Tue, 02 Jun 2015 10:09:02 +0200 france-sees-another-spike-in-jobless-rate Three years into his presidency at the Elysée Palace and François Hollande's bid to bring down unemployment shows no sign of success as the number of French people out of work hits a new record high. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150428/new-jobless-record-for-hollandes-anniversary Tue, 28 Apr 2015 11:41:17 +0200 new-jobless-record-for-hollandes-anniversary The jobless total in France hit a new record high this month with 3.424 million people out of work. Is it only in France that records are being broken? The Local takes a look at why the numbers are more positive in at least some of France's neighbours. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140829/unemployment-how-france-compares-to-europe Fri, 29 Aug 2014 19:48:00 +0200 unemployment-how-france-compares-to-europe The number of people out of work in crisis-hit France hit a new high in July, official statistics published on Wednesday showed, in another blow for President Francois Hollande. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140827/frances-jobless-unemployment-rate-creep Wed, 27 Aug 2014 20:28:00 +0200 frances-jobless-unemployment-rate-creep Despite the number of unemployed people in France hitting a new record this week, with 3.31 million people now out of work, the country's labour minister has insisted the government has the jobless rate under control. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140227/french-jobless-rate-hits-new-record Thu, 27 Feb 2014 10:48:00 +0100 french-jobless-rate-hits-new-record The French President François Hollande could not keep his famous promise. New figures released on Monday showed that France has set a new record for the number of unemployed which now stands at 3.3 million. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140127/french-unemployment-rate-hits-new-record Mon, 27 Jan 2014 19:19:00 +0100 french-unemployment-rate-hits-new-record French President Francois Hollande has repeatedly promised to stem a rise in unemployment before the end of 2013. But with the latest figures due to out on Thursday, the embattled president appeared to distance himself from his flagship pledge for the first time. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131128/hollande-suffers-wobble-on-jobless-promise Thu, 28 Nov 2013 18:01:00 +0100 hollande-suffers-wobble-on-jobless-promise When France released figures last week revealing the number of jobless people had fallen for the first time in two years in August, they were met with a certain amount of scepticism. It turns out the sceptics were right all along. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131001/malfunction-blamed-for-frances-positive-jobs-figures Tue, 01 Oct 2013 10:20:00 +0200 malfunction-blamed-for-frances-positive-jobs-figures French unemployment rose for the first time above 3.0 million in the second quarter, but in a sign the upward trend is tailing off the unemployment rate rose by only 0.1 percentage point to 10.5 percent, official data showed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130905/french-jobless-rate-tops-3-million-for-first-time Thu, 05 Sep 2013 18:24:26 +0200 french-jobless-rate-tops-3-million-for-first-time The number of jobseekers in France rose for the 27th consecutive month in July to reach a new record, but the Socialist government described the moderate 0.2 percent increase on the previous month as "encouraging". https://www.thelocal.fr/20130828/government-encouraged-by-latest-rise-in-jobless Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:47:00 +0200 government-encouraged-by-latest-rise-in-jobless