Crushing unemployment among the young people in the EU

[Martinus]

This is a map (from a Polish newspaper, but based on Eurostat) showing unemployment among people below 25 y.o. I understand this does not include people who are studying/learning anything:



This looks like a ticking bomb to me.

[Syt]

It's good to not be young in Austria.

[Monoriu]

I wonder if some of the unemployed youths actually have jobs in the black market.  They claim unemployment only to avoid taxes and regulation. 

[Josquius]

Yep. It sucks.
Especially since it includes only those not studying. Lots of people do extra studies when they can't find a job.

[11B4V]

You all need more fast food joints Marty.

[The Brain]

Kids are lazy. Film at 11.

[Caliga]

I also wonder what percentage of the youth who ARE working are foreign-born (e.g. Turks in Germany, etc.)

[Tamas]

You all need more fast food joints Marty.

I'd imagine that lenient minimal wages, taxes, and legal troubles to lay off people makes it that much harder over here to legally hire youth to fast food joints. They use illegal Turkish workers instead

[11B4V]

You all need more fast food joints Marty.

I'd imagine that lenient minimal wages, taxes, and legal troubles to lay off people makes it that much harder over here to legally hire youth to fast food joints. They use illegal Turkish workers instead

Well see there you have it. Euro and USA are not all that different. We use mexicans.

[jimmy olsen]

I also wonder what percentage of the youth who ARE working are foreign-born (e.g. Turks in Germany, etc.)

It's the Protestant work ethic.

[Brezel]

I also wonder what percentage of the youth who ARE working are foreign-born (e.g. Turks in Germany, etc.)

Just a sidenote, I doubt in Germany there are signifant amounts of Turks under 25 years of age who are not born in Germany.

[CountDeMoney]

I also wonder what percentage of the youth who ARE working are foreign-born (e.g. Turks in Germany, etc.)

Knowing Europe's penchant for systemic and encouraged xenophobia, probably not as many as an American would think.

[Admiral Yi]

Niemcy?  WTF?

[Valmy]

That is just crazy.  How the F does that happen?

There is an aging population with smaller cadres coming of age behind them combined with early retirement ages...so the number of jobs must be collapsing at really fast rate for this to happen.  I mean when people retire do they just cut the job and move forward?  Does Europe just not require workers at all?

[Valmy]

Granted we have pretty bad youth unemployment in the US as well but here the freaking Baby Boomers seem determined to work until they drop over dead.