France As the COVID-19 crisis drags on, hard-hit French youth struggle Nearly a quarter of French young people can’t find work — two-and-a-half times the national unemployment rate and one of the highest in the European Union's 27 nations. 16/02/2021
brussels bureau COVID-19 recovery fund veto 'could cause employment tragedy in Europe' Hungary and Poland's veto of the bloc's pandemic recovery fund could cause unemployment levels to explode, it's been claimed. 26/11/2020
brussels bureau EU rings in stock listing of 'social bond' with resounding success The EU wanted to raise 17 billion euros on capital markets to fund its short term employment scheme known as SURE. It's first test went above and beyond expectations. 28/10/2020
real economy European Union revamps Europass to get people working Covid-19 has disproportionately affected young and seasonal workers. The EU has recently revamped Europass, a tool that can help people in their search for work 15/07/2020
Israel Israel: Tel Aviv protest targets Netanyahu over COVID-19 economic aid Protesters accuse the Israeli prime minister of failing to address economic woes brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. 12/07/2020
United Kingdom Coronavirus: 1.6m people in the UK now claiming unemployment benefit There are fewer jobs available in Britain than when records began. 16/06/2020
World Nearly half of world’s workers risk losing their livelihoods, says ILO The ILO estimates that 1.6 billion people are in “severe danger” of losing between 60 and 80 per cent of their income 29/04/2020
