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Unemployment down 12.6% this year.
The number of unemployed in category A, published on Wednesday, fell by
5.9% in France (including overseas departments-regions, excluding Mayotte) in the 4th quarter of 2021. Over the full year, this represents a drop of
12.6% of unemployed job seekers.
Last November, a seventh consecutive monthly decline in the number of unemployed was recorded.
The total number of people pointing to Pole Emploi and without activity (within the meaning of these statistics from the Department of Research, Studies and Statistics) therefore now stands at 3,335,600 people.
In detail, the number of job seekers thus stands at 3,335,600 for category A. It therefore fell by 5.9% over the quarter (-12.6% over one year).
For categories A, B, C, this number stands at 5,658,900. It decreased by 3.6% over this quarter and by 5.8% over one year, explains Dares in its press release published on Wednesday.
What else to remember
Orpea: called into question, the group of retirement homes must explain itself.
After the publication of a book-investigation denouncing the mistreatment of retired residents and the obsession with reducing costs, the general manager of Orpea was summoned by the Minister Delegate for Autonomy, Brigitte Bourguignon.
“With Olivier Véran, we reserve the possibility of an independent investigation into these serious facts if they are proven”, she added this morning on RMC.
A majority of French Jews victims of anti-Semitism.
85% of French Jews, and 64% of the entire population, believe that anti-Semitism is a widespread feeling in the country, we learn in an Ifop study that we reveal this Wednesday.
A feeling that translates into mockery and vexation - 68% of Jews say they have been affected, as well as physical attacks - 20% say they have been targeted.
Florent Pagny suffering from lung cancer.
The singer announced on Instagram that he had canceled all the concerts of his 60th anniversary tour, due to a “cancerous tumor” in the “lung” which “cannot be operated on”.
He must "go into a six-month protocol of chemotherapy and X-rays", but promises to return to the stage as soon as possible.
“Take care of yourself, be well, when all this is settled, we meet again, I will come to finish what I started, it will be maybe for the 61 years tour”, he tells his fans .
it concerns you
New boost in
the face of rising fuel prices
.
The government announced on Tuesday the revaluation of 10% of the mileage allowance scale for taxed households declaring their professional expenses.
With this device, which will allow an average annual tax reduction of 150 euros according to Bercy, the executive has chosen to address "those of our fellow citizens who drive a lot, that is to say those for whom the vehicle is ultimately a way to work or find a job, ”explained Prime Minister Jean Castex to the National Assembly, citing “nurses” or “home helpers” in rural areas.
In total, this reassessment of the scale should concern 4.3 million households (5.6 million people) declaring their actual costs, of which 2.5 million are actually taxed, from government sources.