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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8272

8 August 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 19
(eu) eu/employment
Unemployment rate at 8.4% in euro-zone and 7.7% in E15

Luxembourg, 07/08/2002 (Agence Europe) - Euro-zone seasonally-adjusted unemployment rose to 8.4% in June whereas in the EU15 the unemployment rate stood at 7.7%. In May the rate was 8.3% in the Euro-zone and 7.6% in the rest of the Union. Spain's 11.5% remained the EU's highest rate and the lowest rate was registered in Luxembourg (2.3%). Between these two countries in an unemployment are: France (9.2%), Finland (8.9%), Germany (8.3%), Belgium (6.9%), Sweden (4.9%), Portugal (4.4%), Ireland...