François Hollande did talk too early last wek. The huge increase (+34 900) of the number of unemployed people in July, calculated by Pôle Emploi, has cooled the hopes of those who were thinking that time had come for the unemployment curb to be reversed. The policy followed by Emmanuel Macron predecessor, whose he was his influent advisor at the Elysée, has not produced the results which would allow the late president to be proud of his achievements. That figure is not only very disappointing compared to the previous month but the magnitude of the rise, which ...

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La satisfaction avec laquelle ont été accueillis les derniers chiffres relatifs à l’économie française est loin d’être justifiée. La croissance au rythme trimestriel de 0,5% constitue certes une amélioration après la longue période de stagnation qu’a connue la France comme le retour des créations d’emplois. Mais celles-ci n’atteignent toujours pas le niveau requis pour qu’enfin le chômage baisse significativement. La hausse continuelle observée depuis près de 10 ans a été stoppée mais le retournement de tendance qui permettrait une diminution du nombre de l ...

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The president of the French Republic has warned his ministers: their next holidays will be limited to the strict minimum because the program of the government is so dense. That recommendation applies to the minister in charge of the ecological transition, Nicolas Hulot. He reminded it to him when he received him this week at the Elysée palace. To take into account environment is not only political stakes, it is an essential factor of the transformation of the society which will affect everybody’s behaviors, like, sixty years ago, holidays generalization, most of the time by the sea. It ...

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