Paris (AFP) – After a decline in January, unemployment is rising again in February in France, flirting with its all-time high reached in late 2014, a new thorn in the side of the majority before the second round of departmental .
In late February, the employment center lived 3.49 million job seekers metropolis without any activity involving more than 12,800 in the previous month. The increase was slightly less strong with overseas.: + 0.3% to 3.75 million
By including the unemployed who had a small business, unemployment reached new records 5.26 million and 5.56 million in metropolitan France whole.
“As long as we do not have more growth around 1.5%, it is difficult to create the employment, especially since we have many young people returning to the labor market, “responded Manuel Valls front of socialist activists in Fresnes (Val-de-Marne).
Prime Minister, as the Minister of Labour François Rebsamen, however, highlighted a slight “decline in unemployment” in the first two months of the year, linked to the sharp decline in January (19,100 with no activity).
But the economist Henri Sterdyniak (OFCE) from January performance was a “little statistical accident” repaired in February. And it is expected to “slow rising unemployment by the end of the year, with increases from 5,000 to 10,000 per month.”
In February, despite the overall increase, Youth unemployment fell for the second consecutive month (-0.3% on a month) and remained stable year on year, stating, according to Rebsamen, the “success” of youth development devices whose jobs to . Future
However, the situation continues to deteriorate for seniors: + 0.7% over the month, up 9.1% year on year
The same goes for. the long-term unemployment. In late February, small business range, 2.28 million people were pointing at employment center for more than a year, a figure explosion (+ 0.8% in February, up 9.5% year on year).
– “Half measures are not enough” –
“There is a market for very flexible job, a small recovery in temporary and very short fixed-term contracts, young benefit from a little old and suffer, “summarizes Mr. Sterdyniak.
Philippe Waechter (Natixis),” business leaders still have the foot on the brake and clearly have no desire to change strategy. It is a cold shower because it was beginning to have signs of recovery, “he added.
These poor figures fall ill for most, four days of the second round of departmental. Especially as it is already in bad shape after being eliminated a quarter of cantons in the first round.
The scenario has an air of déjà vu for the government. There was a year almost to the day, between the two towers of Municipal was marked by a surge in unemployment. Four days later, the left had suffered a crushing defeat.
Elections elections, unemployment remains one of the favorites angles of attack of the opposition.
“Francois Hollande ment the morning, afternoon and evening. Unemployment will fall on the day he will leave,” tweeted the president of the UMP Nicolas Sarkozy.
“Valls would have done better deal unemployment! ” For its part, responded Florian Philippot, vice-president of the National Front, and mocks the active campaign in recent weeks by the Prime Minister against his party.
trade union side, Jean-Claude Mailly (FO ) considers “indispensable” to “change economic policy in order to find a support job growth.” And employers side for Pierre Gattaz, president of MEDEF, “unemployment figures today show that half measures are not enough.”
When attacked, François Rebsamen was optimistic on RTL: “I think this year we will see a stabilization and, at the end of the year, a fall in unemployment beginning, the number of registered at job center.”
By coincidence, the social partners have found an agreement Wednesday to correct the adverse effects of “rechargeable rights.” New compensation mechanism, in force since 1 October and touted by the government, it penalizes some 383,000 unemployed people who find themselves with a lower allocation to their entitlement. The agreement reached would benefit from 1 April to nearly 120,000 unemployed heavily penalized.
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