Adecco: France is not creating enough jobs

France’s economic recovery is not only trailing the eurozone, it is generating fewer jobs than elsewhere, a problem that staffing company Adecco says is partly down to apprenticeships.

The number of people employed in France grew just 0.2% in the second quarter, according to Eurostat. That is less than in Spain, Italy, the UK, and Germany.

Adecco said the relative underperformance can be blamed at least partly on an aversion to apprenticeship programmes.