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by lagadu 3884 days ago
Yes but the EU standard (which only Spain doesn't follow IIRC) for measuring unemployment is a more inclusive than the US one.[1]

edit: which isn't to say that France doesn't have higher (comparable) unemployment rates than the US, I believe it does but different government types have different tolerances and expectations for unemployment levels naturally.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unemployment#Measurement