Press Release: EU reform strategy delivering jobs, says new report

Unemployment is down and employment on the rise according to the Joint Employment Report, to be adopted by employment ministers on 22 February 2007. The Commission report - which assesses Member States’ implementation of their national reform programmes in the area of employment – is upbeat. However, it underlines the need for more rigorous reforms, in particular to better balance flexibility with security in the job market – the flexicurity approach. The Commission has also put forward specific national recommendations to most Member States.

European Commission: DG Communication: MEMO/07/65 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/07/65&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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