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This R&D provides resources on the French economy. France is experiencing a 10.6% unemployment rate and President Francois Hollande announced a jobs program worth $2.2 billion last week to combat it. The country is known as a place where it is difficult for firms to fire workers and Hollande is aiming to enact more liberal economic reforms to encourage businesses to take on more workers. Joblessness is a major problem facing French youth whose unemployment is nearly double the national average.
Thank God the “emergency” won’t endanger the 35 hour work week! #France #economy https://t.co/ewQWQPGU42
— Daniel Stewart (@dstewartfs) January 18, 2016
Youth unemployment is dropping even in Spain and Italy, but remains, worryingly, on the rise in France https://t.co/NoYQN3Onga
— Sophie Pedder (@PedderSophie) January 15, 2016
FACE-OFF – Unemployment in France: An economic and social state of emergency? https://t.co/DNcLVj5L2W pic.twitter.com/5k5tTWsKNV
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) January 20, 2016
