Youth Opportunities Initiative

26.4.2012

Question for oral answer O-000106/2012
to the Commission
Rule 115
Pervenche Berès
on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

The prolonged effects of the financial and economic crisis in Europe have led to a significant rise in youth unemployment, from 14.7% in 2008 to 22.1% in early 2011. Around 5.5 million young people are unemployed in the EU, which means that over one in five people under 25 cannot find a job. At the same time, many young people are failing to fulfil their educational potential or obtain the skills employers need. 7.5 million people aged 15 to 24 are currently neither in a job nor in education or training.

Tabled: 26.4.2012

Forwarded: 30.4.2012

Deadline for reply: 7.5.2012