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France hopes to get people back into work with 'new' jobseeker agency

A woman walks next to a boards that reads "Looking for a job, who can help you?" in a branch of France's former national employment agency Pole Emploi in Montpellier, southern France (for illustrative purposes). AFP - PASCAL GUYOT

The French government is due to present its "full employment" bill to the Council of Ministers this Wednesday in legislation that will create France Travail – the successor to Pôle Emploi, the national jobseeker service.

Trade unions are concerned, however, about what will happen to payments given to recipients of the existing job seekers allowance.

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