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LOST
GENERATION
despite a host of government programs aimed at attacking youth
unemployment — it was the No. 1
priority of presidential candidate
François Hollande during his successful 2012 campaign — Palot
remains on the outside.
“I hear every day about young
people, training plans,” he says.
“But I don’t see anything behind it.”
He misses not only the stability
and ease of a regular job, but also
the activity and social interaction.
What’s hardest is the void that
defines his life, he says. With his
friends, he avoids the topic of his
job search. So, too, with his parents.
“They pressure me — that’s
normal,” he says. “They made sacrifices so that I could have everything when I was a child.”
HUFFINGTON
10.20.13
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