unemployment
PIIGS unwelcome in the EU parlour: war of words rocks Eurozone
Despite Silvio Berlusconi’s dreams, the next member of the Eurozone is unlikely to be Israel; even Croatia or Turkey have taken a back seat. The current pan-EU squabble is over who should have been admitted to the eurozone in the first place
unemployment, tower of babel, germany, economic growth, languages, portugal, eurozone
Anderlecht, Molenbeek, Schaarbeek: spot the crime in Brussels
Petty crime and unemployment rates (17.6%) are high in inner city Brussels, which registers a low violent crime rate in Europe. Nevertheless, police arrested 12 Belgian Albanians linked to a crime gang on 15 February*, whilst certain districts remain dangerous. Is this down to the crisis?
unemployment, balkans, sex, albania, candidate countries, violence, red light district
Marc Guerrero: Catalan MEP on Spain, unemployment and van Rompuy
Youth unemployment has become one of the biggest challenges facing the EU. In Spain the figure has reached 43% amongst those aged 15-26. We discuss this problem and the new era that Europe faces with the youngest ever leader of the European liberal democrats (ELDR)
unemployment, liberls, josé luis rodríguez zapatero, european parliament, spain, youth, internships
EU presidency: the trouble with Spain...
He's EU president, he's Mr. Bean. Just a few days into the six month rotating presidency of the EU, hackers attacked the Spanish prime minister's image. And Zapatero has already had to take a step back after harsh criticism on his proposed sanctions against EU states with deficient economic policies.That's rich, coming from a country where a generation of people earning 1000 euros a month has coined the term 'mileuristas'! No wonder Iberian cleverclogs are part of the brain drain towards other EU countries...
- Young Spaniards escape crisis by moving around in Europe
- Spain's damaged and wasteful economy, where people work little
- Spanish EU presidency: Zapatero's pious economic hopes
- Spain’s ‘Silicon Valley’ in Malaga
- The 1, 000 Euros a month club
- Migrants keep coming to Seville, Spain and the rest of Europe
Ho, ho ho. Merry crisis-mas
Shopping trolleys creak on empty and whole transport networks are paralysed, providing an eerie backdrop to Europe’s banker offspring, who this christmas are hoping for a thaw in their sector and financial salvation for the end of 2009. Meanwhile, Italians in the north from the far right Lega Nord party are bestowing illegal immigrants with a very special ‘White Christmas’ gift...a time for reflection and values?
Startups, ethics and the crisis: focus on young people in Turin
After the crisis months of unemployment, training and scholarship schemes, some Italian youngsters decide to swap 'instability' for life as an entrepreneur. Examples from the industrial city of Turin
unemployment, work, turin, eu crisis on the ground, italy, youth, europe on the ground
European social funds and the case of start-ups in France
Setting up in business without any advice can be a little like doing sports without any training. There’s professional help available in the form of an entrepreneurial incubator; the ESF’s purpose is to finance these intermediary structures. In the 2007 French film ‘The Grocer’s Son’, a youth takes over his father’s rural travelling store - like Caroline
Brussels, internships, deaths: should all work be paid?
Work hard, work for free. Placements are all the rage and the signs suggest that they’re here to stay. But businesses fulfilling their obligations and clarification on worker contracts is not top of the agenda for the Spanish presidency of the European Union, which begins for six months from January
unemployment, university, public health, health, brussels, europe, precarity
Film review Germany: interns feature in 'Résiste - Aufstand der Praktikanten'
'A Quantum Revolution' has been screening in German cinemas since 12 November
unemployment, work, cinema, germany, jonas grosch, film, precarity
Europe's youth stack up the degrees to shun the dole
With one out of five under-25s job-hunting in Europe, many opt to continue studying as long as it takes to avoid signing up on the dole. Diverse realities of a generation in the middle of the crisis
unemployment, university, eurostat, testimony, youth, economy, economical crisis
2009's graduate flavour comes in crisis: part one, England and Ireland
Two language and literature graduates compare their experiences of entering the work world in 2009. Part one in a job testimony series of young Europeans based at home
unemployment, work, testimonio, precarity, youth, economy, job
Europe's five million unemployed youth
The impact of the world economic crisis is being felt on the European workforce. Since the start of 2009, 18.3% of people under 25 have been out of work. It's a figure that's been on the rise since 2008
unemployment, european economic community, financial crisis, eurostat, youth, euweek, economical crisis
15.5% unemployment, diaspora: Lithuanians try luck elsewhere
Whilst Vilnius welcomes visitors from around the world because of its status as the European capital of culture 2009, countless are leaving the country in an attempt to escape widespread unemployment and salaries which are under the European average for the most part
unemployment, vilnius, identity, nationalism, nation, immigration, diaspora
European elections night: I was watching TV
The night that most centre-left governments took their batterings, you might have caught a show about an unemployed mother-of-two in Spain or the final of 'The Apprentice' in the UK. Glance at the programmes for which viewers gave up the EU election coverage ghost on the evening of 7 June; results came out at 8pm, signalling a lower voter turnout than 2004
unemployment, germany, abstentionism, poland, european media, television, spain
Languages: Dutch amidst French in bilingual Brussels
On the footpaths of Brussels your ears catch a litany of languages. In this European city, the official status of the bilingualism can be seen everywhere, especially in job advertisements. Is this a question of identity or discrimination in recruitment?
unemployment, english, european institutions, emploi, multiculturalism, multilingualism, belgium
Brussels crisis: be creative, become an entrepeneur
The crisis is confronting young entrepreneurs in Brussels. Whilst some have excellent qualifications, those who don’t have a battle on their hands
unemployment, belgium, european elections 2009, brussels, precarity, youth, eudebate2009
Brussels: a city of life-long interns
We meet young foreigners in a capital full of multinationals, institutions and the need for multilingual interns
unemployment, languages, european parliament, safety and security at work , brussels, youth, europe on the ground
Lívia Járóka: female, Roma and Euro MP
The first female Roma member of the European parliament takes stock of her first term in office and announces that she will run in this year’s European elections in June. We talk women, Roma statistics and the EU institutions
unemployment, feminism, hungary, roma, european parliament, right-wing, men and women
Seville's spangled glory
Who do you meet when you hit the epicentre of southern Spain, slap bang in the middle of its easter orgy of tradition, the Semana Santa? Parking attendants reinserted into society, immigrants despite Spain's hand in the EU return directive, Cuba's 'friends' and a far-left youth questioning the crisis which is crippling the nation. In video and images below this edition, the glory days of the Expo '92 site have faded into urban decay in one part of the city, and are translated into the phallic novelties of the new Cajasol tower and the city's first ever metro line. Three journalists, a video maker and a photographer from the cafebabel.com network feature in this month's 'cities' mission, named 'EUdebate on the Ground'
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