Overall unemployment across the EU is falling to the lowest levels since 2000, but significant disparities continue to linger in Southern Europe where the jobless rate is far hight than Northern Europe’s average.

According to seasonally adjusted data recently released by Eurostat, as of December 2019, the lowest rates in general unemployment as well as in unemployment of youth were recorded in the Czech Republic, Germany, and the Netherlands, while the highest were observed in Greece, Spain, ...