Unions angry at French plan to cut jobless benefits
State hopes to save €3.4bn by 2021 and liberalise the economy, but workers threaten street protests
18 June 2019 - 16:23
Paris — A planned tightening of jobless benefits in France should save €3.4bn by 2021, the government says, causing shock and fury among unions and prompting one labour leader to threaten street protests.
The announced overhaul of the unemployment insurance system marks a relaunch of President Emmanuel Macron’s reform drive after the yellow-vest protest movement held up an early push to liberalise the economy at the start of his mandate in 2017...
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