(FILES) This photograph taken on April 23, 2024, shows a sign reading "France Travail" and displaying its logo inside one of France's national employment agencies France Travail in Dammarie les Lys, northern France. The unemployment rate in France rose by 0.2 percentage points in the first quarter of 2026, reaching 8.1%, its highest level in five years and up 0.7 points over one year, the Insee reported on May 13, 2026. (Photo by Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT / AFP via Getty Images)