the eco debates of February 19

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Around Emmanuel Cugny, Jezabel Couppey-Soubeyran, stareconomist, lecturer at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, and Christian de Boissieu vice-president of Circle of Economists.

Youth employment takes off in France

This is the excellent surprise of the weekend: unemployment at its lowest for fifteen years in the fourth quarter of 2021 and a particularly marked drop among young people. According to INSEE figures published on Friday February 18over the last three months of last year the youth unemployment rate fell by 3.6%, reaching the lowest levels of the late 80s and 90s.

Africa’s economic and social future

European and African leaders have met over the past two days in Brussels. A summit intended to reinvent the partnership between the two shores of the Mediterranean. If the military component with Mali took an important place, the economic and social future of Africa dominated the meetings. What are Africa’s needs today, what can Europe provide?

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