The European Court of Auditors (ECA) is calling on Europe’s co-legislators to address the issue of the quality of work placements.
It noted, in a report published on 6 February, that while the number of young people undertaking traineeships in the EU has risen to around 3.7 million each year (the report does not cover educational placements), “quality issues remain and the EU guidelines on the quality of work placements, arising from the 2014 EU Council recommendation, are not...