Europeans agree plan to fight unemployment

Report of a EU Employment Summit, Prague, 7 May 2009. The summit was dedicated to tackling the impact of the economic crisis on jobs in Europe. The Troika Presidencies (the Czech, Swedish and Spanish governments) joined the European Commission, employers and trade unions to pool their best ideas on how to keep people in work and help them back into new jobs. The summit identified ten actions to fight unemployment and create new jobs.

European Commission: IP/09/718: EU Employment Summit agrees on ways to tackle rising unemployment http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/718&format=DOC&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Czech Republic: EU Presidency: Press Release, 7.5.09: Employment Summit offers solutions to reduce unemployment http://www.eu2009.cz/en/news-and-documents/press-releases/employment-summit-offers-solutions-to-reduce-unemployment-20758/

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