Unemployment rises by 63,000

UNEMPLOYMENT in France has risen by 63,000 over the course of a month.

Lastest figures from the Pôle Emploi show the number of category A jobseekers – those immediately ready to start work but unable to find any – has risen to 2,448,200 people.

It is the 11th month in a row that unemployment has risen. Today it is 22.1% higher than during the same period last year.

Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said: “It will still be several months before the rate of job losses calms.”

Ms Lagarde said that economic experts predict more than a year’s delay between economic recovery and a reversal of the jobless figures.
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