Young people should be offered a good job within four months after leaving school, EU leaders will say at an informal summit today (30 January), according to a draft statement obtained by EurActiv. The measure was criticised as empty rhetoric by European socialists.
Stimulating employment among young people is the first priority to spur economic growth in a recession-hit Europe, says the four-page document that EU leaders are expected to adopt later today.
“A particular effort needs to be made immediately to improve labour supply and reduce youth unemployment,” read the draft conclusions of today's EU summit in Brussels.
To read the full, original article click on this link: EU leaders wake up to youth jobs crisis | EurActiv
