This text, negotiated by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the BusinessEurope, UEAPME and CEEP employers’ organizations, will be presented in Brussels on June 12. Based on a joint assessment of young people’s situation in the labor market, the European social partners have identified four priorities (learning, professional transitions, employment and entrepreneurship), upon which they want to act (themselves or their national organizations). They are also sending national government and the European Commission recommendations on policies to implement to avoid creating a lost generation. (Ref. 130371)
A structural problem in European companies. First, the numbers are overwhelming: “In Europe, more than 5.68 million young people are unemployed. The average rate of youth unemployment (23.4%) is more than double the overall unemployment rate (10.7%). Even before the crisis the youth unemployment rate was particularly high (17% compared with an average rate of 7% in 2008),” reveals the text signed on April 9 by the European social partners.
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