(ANSA) - Brussels, July 17 - Italy has the highest percentage
of young people not in education, employment or training, or
NEETS, in Europe at 19.9% compared to an EU average of 11.5%,
the European Commission said in a report Monday. The number of
self-employed is among the highest in Europe at over 22.6%, the
difference between men and women in work is 20.6% and the number
of people living in extreme poverty, 11.9%, rose between 2015
and 2016, the report said, a rise reflected only in Estonia and
Romania. Italy has held the EU record for NEETS for several
years now.
photo: Labour Minister Giuliano Poletti with young job seekers
in Naples
NEET record in Italy, poverty rising (2)
20% difference between men and women in work