The European Commission presented its Joint Employment Report on Wednesday 18 November, at the same time as the ‘autumn package’ (see other news), as part of the budgetary process for the ‘European Semester’.
“The pandemic broke a 6-year positive trend in employment”, said the Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit, in the press room. He explained that the current situation is causing discouragement: the unemployed “just don’t go and look for a job”...