French unemployment rate falls to lowest since before 2008

[Recursion]

And the labor force participation rate has stayed steady during the lockdown.

https://tradingeconomics.com/france/unemployment-rate

Interestingly, the only category of unemployment claims that have risen are people starting businesses (France lets you collect a year of unemployment while starting a business -- we should do that).

The "economic fallout" of the response to a pandemic are entirely a political decision, not a natural consequence. Never forget that.