Proposal for a Council Recommendation on the integration of the long-term unemployed into the labour market

Summary:

During the 2008-09 financial and economic crisis, most EU Member States experienced a major economic downturn that led to a sharp deterioration in their labour market. At EU level, the unemployment rate increased to a historically high level. It is currently on a declining path.

Unemployment remains high in particular among young people and the long-term unemployed. Long-term unemployment (unemployment lasting more than a year) doubled since 2007 and accounts for half of total unemployment: 12.1 million people, i.e. 5% of the active EU population, 62% of whom have been out of work for at least two consecutive years. At EU level, long-term unemployment remained at very high levels during 2013 and 2014.

Official

EUR-Lex: SWD(2015)176: Analytical supporting document http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2015:176:FIN

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ESO Records

Background information: Long-term unemployment: Europe takes action to help 12 million long-term unemployed get back to work http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-long-term-unemployment-europe-takes-action-to-help-12-million-long-term-unemployed-get-back-to-work/

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