In good news for the European Union, the EU28 unemployment level fell from 8.7% in May 2016 to 7.8% in May 2017 and, in the eurozone, unemployment fell from 10.2% to 9.3% over the same period, according to figures published by the EU statistical office Eurostat on Monday 3 July.
This is an encouraging result for Employment and Social Affairs Commissioner Marianne Thyssen who notes further that, for the first time since 2001, unemployment has fallen in all member states over this period. The...