France 24:
By News Wires (text)
More people were jobless in France in June than ever before, data showed on Wednesday in a fresh blow to President Francois Hollande’s pledge to reverse the rising unemployment trend by year-end.
The latest worsening of the job market, which came despite signs this month of a fragile recovery and the government’s insistence it will fulfill its year-end pledge, brought the jobless total to 3.279 million, a rise of 0.5 percent or 14,900 people from May.
Though young people are the hardest hit by the jobs crisis, with 555,800 registered out of work in June, that number was down 0.3 percent from May, the labour ministry data showed.
Categories: Economy, Employment, Europe, France
The figures are alarming. Government will have to do something concrete. Only promises will not work.