EU: the European Commission plans an improvement of employment between 2007 and 2008

According to the European Commission's spring economic forecasting, the EU's economy should increase of 2.9% in 2007 and 2.7% in 2008. The EU's unemployment rate should go under the 7% line in 2008. (Ref. 070409)
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“The European union and the Euro zone stay on the line of strong growth, which should bring the unemployment rate and the average public deficit back to levels unknown for a long time”, declared Joaquín Almunia, the European Commissioner in charge of economic and monetary affairs.

A growth close to 3%. According to the Commission’s forecasting, published on May 7, the economic growth will be set at 2.9% in the EU as opposed to 3% in 2006 (2.6% as opposed to 2.7% in the Euro zone.) 2007’s figure

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