The French labour ministry released its unemployment figures on Monday. The number of unemployed people in France climbed 0.4% in March from February to 3,509,800.

The number of job seekers under 25 increased 1%.

"The start of 2015 still marks a period of improvement in the trend, even if it is for the moment insufficient to ensure a regular decline in the number of jobseekers," French Labour minister François Rebsamen said in a statement.