EU response to Covid-19 pandemic has cost six million jobs, young workers worst affected

The EU’s response

The EU’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has wiped out around six million jobs in the bloc, half of which were filled by young workers, the European Commission has said.

“The pandemic has caused six million job losses. Young people are particularly hard-hit, with nearly three million young people currently unemployed in the EU,” European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights Nicolas Schmit told Sputnik news agency.

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