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Originally Posted by Italian (x)lurker
these data are misleading since there are about 8 millions people, that is to say roughly 25% of the total workforce, who live off "minijobs", a kind of jobs that are part time, social utility works etc and that are paid no more than ... 500€ per month! 
in other words fake jobs  |
I bet many of those "minijobbers" are people who just work part-time, right? Like mothers who want to earn a little money while their kids are in school or kindergarten.
Most unemployment statistics are skewed anyway. Just look at America where people who gave up looking for work are not counted as unemployed, just like people who work 1 hr/week.
Either way, there's a downward trend thankfully.
There is not going to be another wave of European immigrants to the US. It's much easier for EU citizens to go to other EU countries than to move to the States. The standard of living in many EU countries is just as high as in the US, so there's no need to move statesside. Also, this country makes it very hard to immigrate legally, that alone will keep Europeans from coming here.
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