More women are out of work than men.
Youth unemployment is twice as high as the average.
Nearly 6m people have been out of work for more than two years. It is much harder to agree on what to do about it. One European tradition is to produce papers and hold meetings. On October 1st, the European Commission unveiled the papers it will put before a special jobs summit of heads of government in late November. Several countries, including Britain and Germany, will be sceptical.