‘Government powerless to stop rising unemployment’

Published on 27 March 2013

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In the month of February, 18,400 additional people joined the ranks of the unemployed in France, bringing to 3,187,700 the number of people who are now without jobs.
Although the jobless figure has increased for 22 consecutive months, unemployment has yet to reach the record high hit in 1997, when there were 3,195,000 people out of work.
For the conservative daily, President François Hollande’s pledge that he will reverse the trend for growing unemployment by the end of the year is not credible, in view of the “sluggish growth” and “slim hopes of recovery in European partner countries.”

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