Jobs and growth summit kicks off in Italy

The 3rd EU Jobs Summit took place in Milan on the 8 October 2014, following previous job summits in Berlin and Paris in 2013.

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BBC News, 08.10.14: Budget deadlock between EU members overshadows jobs summit http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29546437

The Local.it, 08.10.14: Italy uses EU summit to showcase jobs plan http://www.thelocal.it/20141008/italy-uses-eu-summit-to-showcase-jobs-plan

ESO: Background information: Employment: Commission urges Member States to urgently implement Youth Guarantee to help young jobless / New summit on youth unemployment http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-employment-commission-urges-member-states-to-urgently-implement-youth-guarantee-to-help-young-jobless-new-summit-on-youth-unemployment/

Il Sole 24 Ore, 09.10.14: EU employment summit a flop (via Euro|Topics) http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/archiv/aehnliche/archiv_article/ARTICLE151673-EU-employment-summit-a-flop

European Parliament: Press Release, 08.10.14: Schulz: "Crisis only over when 25 million unemployed have found a job" http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20141009STO73518/

European Council: The President: Speech, PRES/14/509:Press statement by the President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy following the Youth Employment Conference in Milan http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/en/ec/145011.pdf

EurActiv, 09.10.14: Italian jobs summit fails to impress http://www.euractiv.com/sections/social-europe-jobs/italian-jobs-summit-fails-impress-309054

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/14/704: Statement on the results of the European employment summit (Milan, 8 October) http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-704_en.htm

ESO: Background information: Address by the President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy to the Youth Employment Conference in Milan http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-address-by-the-president-of-the-european-council-herman-van-rompuy-to-the-youth-employment-conference-in-milan/

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