After this week announcing the prolongation of the national lockdown on public movement to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus epidemic, the French government increased to 110 billion euros its financial aid package to cushion the effects of the shutdown. The aid, largely ploughed into helping businesses and paying the tab for their laid-off workforces, includes measures for low-income households and the extension of unemployment benefits for those about to lose them. “We provide responses to all human situations,” claimed labour minister Muriel Pénicaud. But, as Cécile Hautefeuille reports, a recent reform restricting access to the benefits system exposes many tens of thousands of the jobless to financial ruin.
The number of unemployed in France fell in the final quarter of 2019, down by 1.7% on the third quarter to total 3.309 million people, according to labour ministry figures released on Monday.
A fall of 68,500 registered unemployed in September compared to August, leaving the official total number of jobless at 3,475,600, was the biggest monthly decrease registered since 1996.
Category 'A' unemployed fell by just more than 19,000, or 0.5%, month-on-month in July to total 3.5 million, following a fall in jobless numbers in the 2nd quarter.
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