French Politiques for an Anglophone Audience
French Labor Minister Michel Sapin released March’s job figures Thursday, April 25, which showed that Europe’s second largest economy is continuing to flounder during the economic recession. The unemployment rate reached 3,224,000, the highest yet for France. This latest joblessness figure surpasses the previous record high in January 1997 by nearly 30,000 unemployed citizens. This […]
In the midst of the Euro zone crisis, France faces its own economic problems. The country’s state audit office, the Cour des comptes, has urged the government to review the funding of unemployment benefits for French citizens, saying that the current system is “unsustainable”. The Cour des comptes labeled the benefits as costly and ineffective, […]
Although in many ways French students are better-off financially than their American, British and Canadian counterparts, student life in France is getting more and more expensive. The situation has lead the two main student unions, the Union Nationale des Etudiants de France (UNEF) and the Fédération des Associations Générales Étudiantes (FAGE), to ring the bell. […]
The Paris Constitutional Council ruled Thursday night that the new European Union fiscal treaty does not require a constitutional amendment. This puts the EU one step closer to adopting the budgetary pact. 25 countries signed the treaty in early March, including all 17 Euro Zone countries, and the new laws subject member states to stricter […]
