Unemployment In France

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  Francois Hollande Hails Slight French Jobless Fall

  The number of unemployed in France fell by nearly 12,000 in October, bringing the total reduction this year to over 100,000 in what President Francois Hollande said Thursday was proof his policies were "bearing fruit".

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  France To Spend More Than 2 Billion Euros To Fight Unemployment: Francois Hollande

  French President Francois Hollande pledged today to spend more than 2.0 billion euros ($2.2 billion) on a package of measures to fight stubbornly high unemployment.

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  Alcatel-Lucent Cuts CEOs Golden Parachute Following French Pressure

  The payout had sparked a storm in France where executive compensation is a sensitive issue as unemployment hovers around 10 percent.

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  Francois Hollande Says Won't Stand for Presidency Again if Unemployment Doesn't Drop

  Francois Hollande vowed on Thursday that he would not stand again for the French presidency in 2017 if he had not managed to live up to his promise to bring down unemployment by then.

• Poor, Restive French Town Once Housed Nobel Prize Creator

  It's one of the poorest suburb towns in France, riddled with unemployment, drugs and violence. But more than a century ago, Sevran was a peaceful, leafy village where Alfred Nobel once tested explosives.

• 'Be Proud', Francois Hollande Tells French Amid Economic Gloom

  President Francois Hollande on Monday pleaded with the French to be proud of their country in an attempt to boost confidence at a time of enduring gloom over record unemployment and faltering growth.

• French Far Right in "Earthquake" Win as Europe Votes

  Eurosceptic nationalists scored stunning victories in European Parliament elections in France and Britain on Sunday as critics of the European Union more than doubled their seats in a continent-wide protest vote against austerity and unemployment.

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  Free porn and TV strip: France celebrate 2014 FIFA World Cup spot

  Record unemployment, tax hikes and a stagnant economy -- they were all forgotten briefly on Wednesday as the country united in celebration of its football team's gutsy comeback against Ukraine to clinch a place at next year's finals in Brazil.

• Italy PM apologises for youth brain drain

  Prime Minister Enrico Letta on Sunday issued an apology to the young Italians who have found themselves forced to leave the recession-hit country in the face of record-high youth unemployment.

• Facing recession, record dole queues right through 2013: European Union

  The eurozone is staring at another full year of recession in 2013 with unemployment likely to surge above the 20-million mark and France set to overshoot fiscal targets, the European Union (EU) warned today.

• Over three million people jobless in France

  According to the ministry's monthly report, 23,900 more unemployed people entered the sluggish domestic labour market, up 0.8 per cent compared to July, registering the 16th consecutive monthly rise. Last month, the total number of jobless stood at more than three million, a record high in 13 years, Xinhua reported.

• Europe on the edge of recession

  The eurozone is grappling with sky-high debt levels and record unemployment of 11.2 per cent. Compared with the year before, the eurozone's economy is 0.4 per cent smaller. The region's economy would have slipped into recession had it not been for better-than-expected GDP figures from its two leading economies, Germany and France.

• Dow falls 275 points on dismal jobs report

  American employers added just 69,000 jobs in May, the fewest in a year, and the unemployment rate increased to 8.2 percent from 8.1 percent. Economists had forecast a gain of 158,000 jobs. The report, considered the most important economic indicator each month, also said that hiring in March and April was considerably weaker than originally thought...