Growth: Hollande wants “higher goals” that … 1 – Boursorama

Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace on April 2, 2015 (AFP / ALAIN JOCARD)

Francois Hollande said Friday that France, in order to” create the Employment “should have” goals even higher “than 1% growth in 2015, while Manuel Valls had hoped that France reached 1.5% at the end of the year.

“Our economy is recovering. The figures released this morning yet confirm this. But restarts again slowly. There is talk of more than 1% growth in 2015. But, we should have higher goals and to create jobs there must be more than 1% growth, “said Mr. Holland during a business visit to the Forges de Trie-Château in the Oise.

He said that insurers had created a fund of 500 million euros to invest in business capital, announcing a series of measures to promote investment. “This fund will represent 500 million euros, half a billion, will be directly operational from next month,” said the head of state before the employees and officers of the Forge of Trie-Château.

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