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Premier calls for 'extraordinary' EU jobs plan for youth

'Europe must respond at June summit meeting' says Letta

10 May, 14:11
Premier calls for 'extraordinary' EU jobs plan for youth (ANSA) - Rome, May 10 - Italian Premier Enrico Letta on Friday called for an "extraordinary plan" to address rising youth unemployment across the European Union at an upcoming summit. "Europe must respond to youth unemployment, which has reached absolutely unsustainable levels," he said. "We ask that the next European Council summit in June concentrates on an extraordinary plan for youth unemployment that launches concrete measures immediately". Nearly 40% of Italian youth are unemployed, according to Istat.

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