Brussels, 23/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - In the first quarter of 2009, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for young people aged between 15 and 24 stood at 18.3% in the EU27, a rate which is considerably higher than the overall unemployment rate of 8.2%, according to data published on Thursday 23 July by Eurostat. This translates into 5 million young Europeans currently out of work.
In the eurozone, the unemployment rate of the young people was 18.4%, for an overall unemployment rate of...