translate English to French: Long-term unemployment In 1998, only a few Member States managed to reduce significantly long-term unemployment, as measured by the long-term unemployment rate8.
Au Portugal, en Irlande9 et en Espagne, ce taux a diminué de plus de 1%, et en Finlande, au Royaume-Uni et aux Pays-Bas, la diminution a excédé 0,5%.