European Commission 11 April 2019, REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL Evaluation of the Council Recommendation on the integration of the long - term unemployed into the labour market

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 11.4.2019 COM(2019) 169 final REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL Evaluation of the Council Recommendation on the integration of the long - term unemployed into the labour market {SWD(2019) 154 final} - {SWD(2019) 155 final} 1.Introduction Between 2007 and 2013, the number of people in Europe that were unemployed for over a year, doubled.