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French Unemployment Holds at 7.5% as Youth Unemployment Spurs Emergency Plan

Record labour force participation masks private-sector job losses under the shadow of proposed US tariffs.

Le taux de chômage en France se stabilise à 7,5% au deuxième trimestre, indique l'Insee
Des personnes font la queue dans une agence France Travail à Dammarie les Lys, en Seine-et-Marne, le 23 avril 2024
Le taux de chômage en France s'établit à 7,5% au deuxième trimestre 2025, a indiqué l'Insee
Le chômage en France

Overview

  • France’s BIT-defined unemployment rate held at 7.5% in Q2 2025, with 29,000 more people out of work than the previous quarter, bringing the total to roughly 2.4 million.
  • Unemployment among 15- to 24-year-olds dipped by 0.2 percentage points to 19% from Q1 but rose 1.2 points compared with a year ago, sustaining youth-joblessness concerns.
  • The employment rate rose to 69.6%, its highest level since 1975, even as private-sector payrolls shrank by about 100,000 since spring 2024.
  • The “halo” of individuals wanting work but not actively seeking it climbed to 1.9 million, highlighting a broader pool of discouraged or intermittently active jobseekers.
  • Prime Minister François Bayrou has called for an emergency youth-employment plan and the Labour Ministry will roll out autumn measures to guard against disruptions from proposed 15% US tariffs.