The Rise in Unemployment Burys Emmanuel Macron's Promise to Return to Full Employment

Le Monde

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For the sixth time in a row, the unemployment rate rose in the second quarter and is close to the 2017 figures. Presidential candidates, including former Prime Minister Edward Philippe, criticize this assessment.

Le Temps

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CHRONIQUE. Six consecutive increases in the unemployment rate undermine the President's central promise of full employment, while the government reduces aid for budgetary reasons. The offer's policy turns against his defender. Failure would weaken his heirsEven Emmanuel Macron's promise of employment, alpha and omega of his vision for France, is now threatened. This weekend, in Le Journal du Dimanche, the Minister of Labour Jean-Pierre Farandou …