Memo: Employment and Social Situation Quarterly Review: December 2011 – EU employment down and rising social concerns across Europe

The EU Employment and Social Situation Quarterly review released on the 10 January 2012 by the European Commission showed that, after a moderate labour market recovery which lasted until the middle of 2011, European employment was down again. In parallel, according to the review, unemployment, steadily increasing since the Spring, had reached a historically high level cancelling out all of the previous improvements.