unemployment. In addition, regained competitiveness due to wage restraint and increased labour supply have boosted employment …Employment in Germany reached another all-time high in 2012, growing faster than the economy. Most labour market … successful safeguarding of jobs during the Great Recession. Another view is that the current labour force record was mainly …

employment policy responsibilities from the national to the EU level. But the EU labour market policy lacks appropriate …The European Employment Strategy is the subject of controversial discussion. It is hard to find an economic … justification for transnational responsibility since European labour markets are heterogenous and spillover effects of national …