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REUTERS – The number of jobseekers in France rose for the 14th month in a row in June to hit its highest level in nearly 13 years, adding pressure on the new Socialist government, which has made fighting unemployment a top priority.
Labour ministry data released on Wednesday showed the number of registered jobseekers in mainland France rose by 23,700 last month to 2.946 million.
President Francois Hollande rode to power in a presidential election in May vowing to tackle surging unemployment, but is struggling to halt waves of layoffs with the economy under threat of slipping into recession.
Categories: Economics, Employment, Europe, France
The situation is of course much worse than these figures show, because the worst off persons are those who have ‘given up’ looking for work and do no longer show in this statistic.
Rafiq Sahib is well informed. There are number of aged workers who have lost hope to find a job. They are offering their services free of cost to remain in the market.