EU slow to spend youth job funds

European leaders allocated €6bn to a 'Youth Employment Initiative' at a Brussels summit in June 2013. Everyone agreed the problem was urgent. DW asks why has little of the money been spent yet?

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Getting the European Youth Initiative to deliver jobs http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-getting-the-european-youth-initiative-to-deliver-jobs/

ESO: Background information: The EU's youth initiatives: Focus on education and employment http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-eus-youth-initiatives-focus-on-education-and-employment/

ESO: Background information: Merkel admits EU's youth unemployment initiative has been a failure http://www.europeansources.info/record/merkel-admits-eus-youth-unemployment-initiative-has-been-a-failure/

ESO: Background information: Youth employment - key source http://www.europeansources.info/record/youth-employment/

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