Unemployment falls below 10% mark

France's unemployment rate fell below the symbolic 10% mark in the first quarter of 2017, according to figures published by Insee.

Published Wednesday 24 May 2017 - 15:00 Modified Wednesday 24 May 2017 - 15:00

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This represents a decrease of 0.4 percentage points compared to the fourth quarter of 2016.
The number of unemployed fell by 115,000 to 2.7million.

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