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Unemployed people in Spain: 23 million people across Europe do not have a job (Photo: xOchoa)

EU unemployment hits record high

The number of unemployed people in Europe is reaching record highs as the economic crisis unfolds into one with significant social consequences.

In eight member states alone, over 30 percent of young people under 25 are out of jobs. The worst affected continues to be Spain where half its young are jobless.

Images of long queues outside unemployment offices paint a bleak picture in the Spanish state where almost a quarter of all its citizens are unemployed.

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

Unemployed people in Spain: 23 million people across Europe do not have a job (Photo: xOchoa)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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