Job seekers wait inside a National Agency for Employment (Pole Emploi) in Marseille March 26, 2013.
Credit: Reuters/Jean-Paul PelissierPARIS | Tue Aug 27, 2013 6:37pm BST
PARIS (Reuters) - The number of jobless people in mainland France hit a new all-time high in July, squeezing the time left for President Francois Hollande to fulfil a pledge to reverse the trend by the end of the year.
The total number of people registered as out of work rose by 6,300 to 3,285,700 according to data from the labour ministry on Tuesday.
The increase was 0.2 percent over one month and 10.0 percent over one year.
French jobless claims have risen steadily every month over the last 27 months as the euro zone's second-biggest economy has struggled to eke out growth.
Hollande has promised to get unemployment falling by the end of the year, although most economists doubt that the economy will prove strong enough to allow that.
(Reporting by Leigh Thomas; Editing by Ruth Pitchford)
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