Thus the unemployment rate is increased 1

Almost two years after the long social crisis early 2009 and a little more than a year after the Interdepartmental Council - never met since-, Nicolas Sarkozy is to the West Indies this weekend. On this occasion, the head of State must address, Guadeloupe, its wishes to the 2.5 million overseas in a long speech where he will undoubtedly reaffirm the commitment of the France its distant territories. However, he can hardly ignore the balance sheets of the action of the Government economic development overseas, which will be inevitably opposed to him.

It is that, on the threshold of the year 2011, the economic situation seems far to recover. It would, in some respects, degraded, according to the last cyclical note of December of the very serious Institute of issue of the overseas departments. The Mer Iedom notes that the business climate is stabilized to a medium level at the meeting, but "still slightly below its average of long period". Martinique and Guadeloupe, "it continued to deteriorate." Particularly on the labour market. "The degradation is accelerating, breaking with the slowdown at work since February 2010 ...." "In Guadeloupe, the number of unemployed has reached a record level for the Decade," he observed yet. Thus, the unemployment rate is increased 1.5 between 2009 and 2010 for just 24 in June, according to the latest results of Insee. At the meeting, at the same time, he moved to 29 when it stabilised at around 21 in Martinique and Guyana.

"No sign of thinning.

Another sensitive parameter, that of the rise in prices, in large part responsible for the social movements of 2009. According to the Mer Iedom, "the rise in the price at work since the beginning of the year 2010 continues in most of the departments ..." "at a rate higher than that of the entire France." In September, the increase over 12 months was 2.6 against 1.6 for the entire France. The entourage of the head of State however relativizes this inflation higher in metropolis and is attributed to the release of the freezing of the fuel prices, which had been introduced during the crisis of 2009. And the Department of overseas recalls it that the State held - this area as in others - most of 137 commitments at the Interdepartmental Council 2009: implementation of IRM of competition, lowering of the threshold for notification of concentrations in the distribution of retail, right of referral to the competition authority by the Presidents of the observatories of the priceetc. Yesterday, "Linear" magazine revealed however that food prices in the large distribution remained 84 higher in Martinique in metropolis! "The increase in prices continues because there are always rents, the direction of competition has not strengthened its means of control.""I consider that this is a failure of the policy of the Government," said Victorin Lurel, President of the Guadeloupe region (PS).

"I see, for my part, no sign of thinning in this new year", turned yesterday to "Echos" Cyril Comte, President of the Medef Martinique, in referring to the Caribbean economic situation. Endogenous development as a means of salvation of overseas economies, that the head of State will again defend this weekend, is skeptical. "Our coverage of exchanges with the metropolis rate is 10." Even with fantastic tourism explosion, our economy needs investment and transfers. Otherwise it is depletion.