Rise in French jobless hits 20th consecutive month
The latest unemployment figures for France reveal that in December the number of jobless rose for the 20th consecutive month to reach a total of 3,132,900, bringing the number of people made unemployed during 2012 to 284,600. The socialist government has announced a barrage of measures to alleviate the trend, which it underlines began well before it came to power last May. But, as Rachida El Azzouzi reports, the initiatives have come under fire from labour unions and economists as being superficial and incapable of reversing the rise in unemployment that is expected this year to reach a historic high.
TheThe latest unemployment figures for France reveal that in December the number of jobless rose for the 20th consecutive month, to reach a total of 3,132,900, bringing the number of people made unemployed during 2012 to 284,600.
