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16. Draws the attention of the Member States and the Commission to the fact that after 2020, even though there will be fewer and fewer people of working age, active inclusion policies will nonetheless be needed for these people, and that there will be ever-greater competition for jobs, while the private sector will provide fewer and fewer jobs for those who are currently relatively low-skilled; recalls that even in some of the most affluent Member States (e.g. Denmark and Luxembourg), long-term unemployment is increasing alarming (nearly 12 million people in the EU are classified as long-term unemployed, representing 5 % of the workforc ...[+++]e, and 59 % of them have been out of work for two years); calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, to seek practical, bridging employment solutions for particularly low-skilled and unskilled workers and/or to help them find work again, which will necessitate a new approach, together with not only long-term strategies but also short-term measures, such as forms of income support, to prevent the social exclusion of the most disadvantaged groups, and the adjustment of existing tools such as the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the ESF in order to prevent permanent long-term unemployment, a recurrence of the recent population outflow towards more developed regions, in particular of people above the age of 50 and young people, and a lasting increase in that outflow; calls on the Commission to measure the accessibility of private-sector jobs for particularly low-skilled workers, and to establish which new jobs not requiring any qualifications could be created in the short term until 2020;

For an individual, attractiveness depends on short and long-term outcomes in terms of easy school-to-work transition, demand for specific professions[16], wage levels and career prospects.

Probably the most important point is the clear statement that we want the EU to develop in a sustainable way, that we have more in view than short-term economic objectives, but instead are striving for sustainable improvements, including in living and working conditions, particularly in the less-favoured and underdeveloped regions of the EU.

Falling behind on planned investments in this area would have negative economic impacts in the short term and risk undermining long term prospects for future growth.

NOTES WITH CONCERN that public health expenditures have been reduced in many Member States since 2009, and RECALLS that investments in health promotion and disease prevention, with a particular focus on disadvantaged groups, should be preserved, especially in times of economic crisis, since they have a short and long-term positive contribution to improving the health of the population and reducing health inequalities.

5. The economic conjuncture under which the stability and convergence programmes referred to in this report were prepared and submitted led, in the case of many Member States, both to a divergence from the targets of the previously updated programmes and to less optimistic forecasts and consequently to a readjustment of the underlying economic figures, even though over-optimistic assessments were also seen; these run the risk of not being achieved, at least in the short term, because of the particularly high level of uncertainty which was ...[+++]present when they were being worked out, or in view of crucial elections in some countries. This situation was confirmed in large part by the assessment of the Commission and the opinions of the Council.