Statistics Explained

Category:Labour market

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Labour market statistics are at the heart of many European Union (EU) policies following the introduction of an employment chapter into the Amsterdam Treaty in 1997. The extraordinary European Council of Luxembourg in November 1997 endorsed an ambitious European employment strategy (EES) aimed at reducing unemployment and the gender gap, while promoting sustainable increases of employment rates. The Lisbon summit in the spring of 2000 put full employment with more and better jobs on the European agenda, setting ambitious EU targets for the year 2010. More....