#Unemployment

EU Commission: lower energy prices lift growth outlook. Unemployment at record low

The EU Commission: Sure, an employment-supporting instrument that helped 31 million people and 2.5 million businesses

Eurostat: unemployment disproportionately affecting women. Care and family tasks are an impediment, particularly in Italy

Eurostat: 24% of households in Europe have children; 6 million households consist of single parents. Unemployment remains stable

Council of Europe: social rights report. In several countries, workers poorly protected and right to health not sufficiently guaranteed

Society. Card. Bassetti: “Recovery yet to be consolidated, thousands of jobs lost”

In his opening address to the Permanent Council, Card. Bassetti stressed the need to consolidate economic recovery in the aftermath…

Eurostat: COVID-19 crisis led to less work, reduced incomes and higher risk of poverty in 2020

EU Commission: support for employment, another 14 billion to 12 Member States under SURE. 751 million to Italy

Economy: Gentiloni (EU Commission), “SURE offers an encouraging example of what European solidarity can deliver for our citizens”

Sweden: growing religious intolerance. The Churches: “Full solidarity with Muslims in our Country”

Copies of the Koran burned in public squares, riots and clashes in the streets, racist rhetoric, episodes of xenophobia. Winds…

Economy: Eurostat, COVID-19 crisis hitting jobs. Growing unemployment among young people and women