Calabria had the highest rate
of youth unemployment in the EU, 58.7%, in 2016, Eurostat
reported Thursday. Only the two Spanish enclaves in north
Africa, Ceuta and Melilla, did worse with 69.1% and 63.3%
respectively, it said. Behind Calabria came Andalusia with
57.9%, while Sicily was fifth with 57.2% and Sardinia sixth with
56.3%. The Italian government has passed a series of measures
aimed at bringing down youth unemployment, which stood at 35.2%
nationally in February, 1.7% down on January.
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