Le chômage de longue durée est la conséquence d'un faisceau de facteurs -le fonctionnement des marchés du travail, les structures et les différences sociales, l'inadéquation des études et de la formation, et surtout, le manque général d'emplois en de nombreux endroits de la Communauté.
In effect, many people are effectively excluded from the primary labour market, making it impossible for them to derive a level of income from employment sufficient to meet personal and family needs on a lasting basis. - 7 - Long-term unemployment is the result of an array of factors -the way labour markets work, the social structures and divisions in society, inadequate levels of education or training and, most of all, the overall shortages of jobs in many parts of the Community.