On Friday 30 October, the Council of the EU adopted, by written procedure, a recommendation to modernise the Youth Guarantee, extending it to the under-30s and improving targeting of ‘NEETs’ (young people not in education, employment or training).
The new Recommendation replaces the 2013 Recommendation, launched following the economic crisis to offer young people a way into work (see EUROPE B12518A2). At the time, the aim of the scheme was for every young person under the age of 25 to...