Manuel Valls visiting xE0 & #; Rennes 19 d & # XE9, December 2014.
Manuel Valls visiting Rennes 19 December 2014 – SIPA

20 Minutes with AFP

Manuel Valls “fears” that the November unemployment figures, released Wednesday are “not good” but is “satisfied” that the international situation and the government’s policy “progressively allow” job creation.

“I fear that these numbers are not good because we have yet experienced in November of job losses, corporate bankruptcies. But I am convinced that gradually, through a number of international indicators but also thanks to the fact that we support especially business investment (…), this investment will gradually return to growth and thus wealth creation and employment, “said the Prime Minister on Europe 1

& gt;. & gt; Unemployment in France will not decline until 2016, according to OECD

No one plans for short-term improvement

Yet another record was reached in late October. Pôle Emploi then lived 3.72 million unemployed people without work, including 3.46 million in France, having experienced the largest increase since February. The situation had deteriorated in all age groups (0.6% among young people, 0.8% of seniors), and long-term unemployment had continued to be spreading (+0 9% over the month, up 9.4% year on year). Since the beginning of the year in France, 153,600 more unemployed had turned to the public employment service, exceeding two months ahead of the 150,000 expected by Unédic for the whole year. No one plans for short-term improvement

Last bird of ill omen. INSEE. In its latest forecast released Thursday, the National Statistics Institute plans a further rise in unemployment by mid-2015, despite a pickup in activity. Its rate is projected at 10.6% of the working population, 10.2% for the only metropolis.