Overview

• The Territoires zéro chômeur de longue durée scheme has been extended until June 30, 2026, and faces a parliamentary review before that deadline.
• The Cour des Comptes audit finds that public funding now costs €28,000 per full-time equivalent beneficiary, far above the initial €18,000 estimate.
• State spending on the experiment reached €57.1 million in 2024, with departments contributing €7.5 million, up from €5.8 million by the state in 2017.
• Eighty-six territories participate in the initiative, which employed 3,290 long-term jobseekers under permanent contracts by the end of 2024.
• A cross-party bill led by Stéphane Viry proposes to make the experiment permanent and expand its scope, while the audit urges governance to shift from an association to government agencies.