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EU summit moving to Berlin? Angela Merkel expects some 20 EU leaders at the youth employment conference (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

EU leaders flock to Berlin for jobs summit

Some 20 EU leaders Wednesday (3 July) are expected to take part in a youth employment conference hosted by Chancellor Angela Merkel, less than a week after an EU summit on the same topic.

Youth unemployment in countries like Spain and Greece is over fifty percent, with EU leaders having pledged to fast-track €6 billion out of the next EU seven-year budget to projects aimed at training or advising youngsters how to get a job.

"Our conference is not about setting conditions on how t...

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EU summit moving to Berlin? Angela Merkel expects some 20 EU leaders at the youth employment conference (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

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