France PM Attal suspends implementation of unemployment reform

Image: REUTERS/Yara Nardi Gabriel Attal, French Prime Minister and French presidential majority group "Ensemble pour la Republique" candidate, delivers a speech after partial results in the first round of the early French parliamentary elections, at Hotel Matignon in Paris, France, June 30, 2024.

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has decided to suspend progress on a planned unemployment reform, which would have reduced the jobseekers' benefits, a source close to Attal told Reuters.

This decision comes in the wake of the first round of France's parliamentary elections where Attal's and French President Emmanuel Macron's camp finished a distant third behind the far right party National Rally (RN) and the left wing alliance New Popular Front (NFP).

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France PM Attal suspends implementation of unemployment reform

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