Youth unemploymnent. European Youth Forum: ‘We’re playing with fire’

The International Labor Organisation (ILO) has warned of a dramatic rise in youth unemployment in the EU should Greece leave the euro. DW spoke to Peter Matjasic, President of the European Youth Forum.

This 'Key source' record in ESO also brings together many other information sources on the subject of youth unemployment in Europe.

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ESO: Background information: ILO warns 4.5m jobs at risk in eurozone http://www.europeansources.info/record/ilo-warns-4-5m-jobs-at-risk-in-eurozone/

ESO: Background information: More than half young Greeks are unemployed http://www.europeansources.info/record/more-than-half-young-greeks-are-unemployed/

ESO: Background information: Young Italians still struggle to find jobs http://www.europeansources.info/record/young-italians-still-struggle-to-find-jobs/

BBC News, 4.9.12: Youth unemployment 'set to rise' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-19484279

ILO: Global Employment Outlook, September 2012: Global spill-overs from advanced to emerging economies worsen the situation for young jobseekers http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_188810.pdf

EUObserver, 7.9.12: EU faces 'lost generation' of almost 8 million young people http://euobserver.com/economic/117458

EUObserver, 4.10.12: Jobless youth - southern Europe's ticking time bomb http://euobserver.com/opinion/117746

Trouw, 28.9.12: The Neets, a generation in need (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/3088241-neets-generation-need

http://www.youthforum.org/ http://www.youthforum.org/

Eurofound: Publications: NEETs - Young people not in employment, education or training: Characteristics, costs and policy responses in Europe, October 2012 http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1254.htm

FES London: We are excluded - case studies by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung on youth unemployment in different European countries http://www.feslondon.org.uk/

Blog: Public Service Europe, 30.11.12: Youth unemployment - Europe's 'lost generation'? http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/2804/youth-unemployment-europes-lost-generation

Centre for European Reform: Europe's youth job crisis, November 2012 http://www.cer.org.uk/insights/europes-youth-job-crisis?utm_source=Web+site+sign+up+list+2011&utm_campaign=f6a58c5e64-CER_insight_30_Nov_1211_30_2012&utm_medium=email

ESO: Background information: Find further information in ESO on youth unemployment http://www.europeansources.info/advSearchLink?keyword=youth%20unemployment&searchOption=all

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