Democracy is an illusion! It’s become a political system fostered by the élite, for the élite, in order to fool the people that they have a stake in the system. In actual fact, they have virtually none. The whole political system in the modern era, despite having noble beginnings, is now used to benefit the few at the expense of the many. – Mark Alexander, June 29, 2018
Sunday, 5 February 2012
Young People Battle Unemployment in France
With presidential elections in France less than three months away, unemployment is emerging as one of the key issues. The overall unemployment rate is nearly 10 per cent, the young are particularly hard hit with 1 in 4 people being out of work. A small job scheme is allowing youth get back into the work place and it is operated by donors and volunteers. Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland visited a project in the Paris suburbs aimed at helping people get back into the workplace.
