Unemployment in EU going down among all age groups except young people

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Unemployment in EU going down among all age groups except young people  The good news is that long-term unemployment has reached its lowest level on record across the EU.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/05/26/unemployment-in-eu-going-down-among-all-age-groups-except-young-people  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00unemployment in the EU is going down for everyone except young people

00:09the latest Eurostat data on unemployment paints a mixed picture the rate has gone down among all

00:17age groups with the exception of the youngest generation among people aged 15 to 24 it reached

00:24almost 15 percent up 0.4 from 2023 however overall EU unemployment is now down to less than six

00:36percent a drop of 0.2 from last year and the lowest rate on record there is also good news about long

00:45term unemployment the share of people out of work for 12 months or more the rate dropped to 1.9

00:52percent EU-wide again a record low greece has the highest proportion of out-of-work people 5.4

01:01percent followed by spain and slovakia at the same time all these three countries reported lower

01:09long-term unemployment rates compared to the previous year down 0.8 percent in greece 0.5

01:17percent in spain 0.2 in slovakia at the other end of the spectrum the netherlands malta the czech republic

01:26denmark and poland reported the lowest rates

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