Percentage of young people out of work continues to rise

Employment was flat in both the eurozone and EU28 in July with the percentage of young people out of work continuing to rise.

The percentage of the labour force out of work dropped very slightly in August compared to July, but 16 countries experienced an overall increase over the past 12 months and there was a drop in 11.

Employment Commissioner László Andor said that while unemployment may have stopped increasing over the summer months, the data available for the second quarter of 2013 show that job creation is not yet picking up.