European Parliament
President.
Question No 31 by Michl Ebner 
Subject: Youth unemployment
Youth unemployment is a phenomenon deserving of serious attention and is indeed dealt with accordingly in the European Union; even greater significance will, however, need to be attached to it as a result of the accession of ten new countries as part of enlargement to the East. The Member States will in future be confronted with an influx of young people seeking work from the new Member States which will boost their own rates of unemployment.
Is the EU equipped to cope with this imminent surge of arrivals? Have specific projects already been drawn up? What kind of assistance is the Commission providing and what objectives is it pursuing?

