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Debate: Education, employment and entrepreneurship for Europe’s young people
At a time when Europe is facing multiple crises, what can the European Union do to maintain young people’s faith in the European project?
Debate: Tackling youth unemployment in the EU
Does Europe do enough for its youth? Half of young people in the EU's southern member states are neither employed nor in training.Promoted content

Cre?u: ‘We refused to fund a 5-star hotel in Greece’
In an exclusive interview with EURACTIV Romania, EU Regional Policy Commissioner Corina Cre?u explained her views on the Greek crisis, emphasising that the EU executive will invest in "projects that will create jobs." According to the Romanian Commissioner, EU funds "should go to those who are most vulnerable, people that are really in need".Promoted content

Pope Francis: Europe’s idea has been replaced by bureaucracy
In his much awaited visit to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday, His Holiness Pope Francis warned MEPs that “Europe seems to have lost their attraction, only to be replaced by the bureaucratic technicalities of its institutions.”Promoted content

Commission revises down economic forecast
The European Commission has projected weak economic growth for the rest of this year in the eurozone.Promoted content
Milan will host October EU Summit on growth and jobs
The European Commission said on Thursday that an October EU Summit on growth and jobs “would no longer take place”. A few hours later, however, the Italian EU Presidency contradicted the Commission's words and confirmed that the Summit will be hosted in Milan.Promoted content

EU to “scrutinise” Cameron’s plan of curbing EU migrant benefits
The European Commission said on Tuesday it will 'scrutinise” whether plans by British Prime Minister David Cameron of curbing EU migrants' access to unemployment and child benefits are complaint with EU lawPromoted content

EU Parliament elects Juncker as Commission President
He will lead Europe for the next five years. The European Parliament elected on Tuesday former Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker to be the next President of the European Commission.Promoted content

More immigration means less unemployment, EU says
The European Commission said on Friday that the lack of immigration in Europe can translate into “an unprecedented reduction in Europe’s demographic weight in the world, the unsustainabilty of its welfare systems, the ageing of its skills.”Promoted content

EU forecasts mild economic growth, warns of high unemployment
'Recovery in the European Union is gaining ground'. With this message, EU commissioner Olli Rehn launched the bloc's winter economic forecast, showing higher growth in Europe than previously expected. Speaking at the European Parliament on Tuesday, Rehn said that the 18 eurozone countries would grow by 1.2% this year and 1.8% in 2015. But warning that signs of recovery are still 'modest', Rehn also highlighted that unemployment across the bloc remains too high.Promoted content

Hangout: Seeking an Exit to Unemployment
With skyrocketing unemployment, participants and social media commentators grill MEPs Phil Bennion and Inês Zuber for their vision of a more stable job market. Comment on: Google+ http://tinyurl.com/orh99s6 Facebook http://www.facebook.com/europeanparliamentPromoted content

Spain, Ireland to quit EU bailouts
Spain will exit a financial aid programme for its banking sector from January next year, without drawing more European funds. The announcement came after an agreement by eurozone finance ministers in Brussels on Thursday. Earlier this year, Spain borrowed €41 billion from an EU-IMF bailout package to rescue several inderet banks from the collapse of a property and construction bubble.Promoted content
