Unemployment - The unemployment rate in France has dropped slightly in the second quarter of this year by 0.2%. According to figures published by INSEE the decrease to 8.2% represents 66,000 fewer unemployed. The lowest level reached to date since 2009 was 8.5%. The new figures show a continuing downward trend of 0.6% each year. The report forecasts that the unemployment rate will reach 8.3% by the end of the year.
French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe has given a speech and a press conference this afternoon giving details of the government’s controversial pensi...
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The French government will unveil the details of a pension reform plan later today. The planned reform has already seen protests across France, crippl...
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An announcement from the Prefect suggesting that the Lubrizol factory plant could reopen partially has been met with criticism. ...
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According to a report published today and conducted by Climate Action Network France, Greenpeace France and Unicef France Paris tops the list of Frenc...
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Transport in the region is today expected to be disrupted due to the ongoing strike.
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