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  "id": 2062785,
  "title": "Rising unemployment rate scuppers Macron's pledge to achieve full employment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/rising-unemployment-rate-scuppers-macrons-pledge-to-achieve-full",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-20T03:00:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2026/08/20/rising-unemployment-rate-scuppers-macron-s-pledge-to-achieve-full-employment_6756695_5.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "For the sixth consecutive time, France's unemployment rate rose in the second quarter, nearing the figures recorded in 2017, when Emmanuel Macron first became president.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}