Traduction de «Taux de chômage local » (Français → Anglais) :

However, regional unemployment rates continued to vary widely across the EU regions, with the lowest rates recorded in the German regions of Freiburg and Niederbayern (both 2.5%), Oberbayern and Oberpfalz (both 2.7%), followed by Praha in the Czech Republic (2.8%).

1. Notes that in the wake of the European economic and financial crisis and the consequent economic slowdown, a number of Member States are struggling with high unemployment levels (EU 28: 9,8 %) as well as public debt, low growth and insufficient investment; notes the cuts in public expenditure; is further concerned that in many Member States youth unemployment rates (EU 28: 20,9 %) are much higher and cases of improvement and lower rates are rare;

1. Recognises the fact that unemployment levels in the EU peaked in 2013 and that the general economic situation remains very difficult; notes that, according to the Commission’s spring 2014 forecast, there was an increase in unemployment from 11.3 % at the end of 2012 to 12.1 % in the third quarter of 2013; notes, furthermore, with great concern the situation in the euro area, in which unemployment increased from a severe 11.3 % by the end of 2012 to about 11.9 % by the end of 2013, with the possibility that it may remain at the high level of 11.8 % in 2014; underlines the fact that the differences between Member States’ general and youth unemployment rates represent a major risk for both the EU’s economic stability and ...[+++] European social cohesion; stresses the fact that in its communication of 2 June 2014 entitled ‘2014 European Semester: Country-specific recommendations – Building Growth’ (COM(2014)0400), the Commission recognised the fact that ‘high levels of unemployment and social distress are eroding Europe’s human and social capital and call for decisive action over time’; notes the fact that the failure to take action or create a positive environment in which to boost investment and growth can lead to widespread recession;

5. Notes that the 1 513 redundancies in question have had major repercussions for the local labour market, given that the Mechel Campia Turzii was the largest employer in the area with 1 837 employees (in June 2012), accounting for around a third of the total number of employees in the area, deplores that the number of unemployed persons in the Campia Turzii area more than doubled as a result of the redundancies; notes also that the local labour market is very restricted as the unemployment rate in the Câmpia Turzii area is generally around 5 % and the job vacancy rate is very low (below 0,5 %) ;

5. Notes that the 1 513 redundancies in question have had major repercussions for the local labour market, given that the Mechel Campia Turzii was the largest employer in the area with 1 837 employees (in June 2012), accounting for around a third of the total number of employees in the area, deplores that the number of unemployed persons in the Campia Turzii area more than doubled as a result of the redundancies; notes also that the local labour market is very restricted as the unemployment rate in the Câmpia Turzii area is generally around 5 % and the job vacancy rate is very low (below 0,5 %)';

Not all restructuring would qualify: this would be a crisis mechanism to be used only to address significant economic and social shocks related to globalisation. It should only intervene if a threshold is reached, defined in terms of the proportion of workers hit by redundancy in the sector and the region concerned, and the local jobless rate.