Are one in four young French people really unemployed?

We're told that a quarter of young French people are jobless.

This is a “particularly bad” rate according to the BBC.

Levels of French youth unemployment are “twice the levels of the UK and Germany” notes the Financial Times, suggesting that this fact likely drove many of them into voting for Marine Le Pen in the recent Presidential election.

French youth are part of Europe’s “lost generation”, says CNN.

Sky-high youth unemployment is frequently cited in the media as an illustration of the sclerotic French economy that the new President, Emmanuel Macron, urgently needs to reform.

But is it true? In fact, these headline jobless figures should be handled with more care.