Barroso focuses on youth unemployment
We are told.
He noted various schemes that have been targeted at reducing youth unemployment, including the Youth Guarantee, which would promise young Europeans either a job, further education, or work-focussed training, at the latest four months after becoming unemployed. Barroso said:
I really saw a commitment of the heads of state and government to address this problem with the sense of urgency required.
Herman Van Rompuy calls for jobs policy
There is a need for a specific employment policy, making our growth more labour-intensive.
It appears that these top job over paid sinecures at the summit of the EU nomenclatura turn your brain into mush. Unless of course their brains were always mushy. Which is probably what made them eligible for the job in the first place. After the likes of Jacques Delors, the likes of Angela Merkel wanted “Noddies” for the job. That is yes men with mush in their heads instead of brains.
So. What wonderful proposals! The “Youth Guarantee”, and all that is supposed to entail. Training for jobs that aren’t there for instance. Not to mention the fact that most of Europe’s unemployed youth are already well educated. But never mind silly little details like that.
No what about Herman. “making our growth more labour-intensive” Yes! That’s a great idea! I guess he forgot that the whole idea of capitalism is to make it LESS labour intensive, and more productive! But besides that moot little point, “growth” he says. What growth Herman? Where?
More bombast, waste of time. waste of words, preening self importance. As to the “urgency” of heads of state and government to address this problem…. Hmm… I suppose he saw that somewhere deep down Merkel’s lovely eyes or somewhere. Or perhaps he had already hit the Bordeaux wine. (Which is the only reason why they hold these conferences anyway).
But just how do these bozos not realise, or rather not even dare hint that (deep breath) unemployment is the direct result of recession (and rampant unemployment the result of rampant recession), that recession is the direct result of the stringent austerity policy being clamped down on Europe by the infamous iron boot. And that if you do not make a complete about turn on this policy of strangling and destroying economies, you aren’t going to get very far with job creation schemes and other such nonsense are you?
The solution to unemployment is simple. Stimulate growth. And here indeed there is no other way to create jobs while strangling an economy through brutal austerity.
Of course, it is not as if either of these two gentleman do not know this. It’s just that they do not dare say so. And how could they possibly, when their very jobs and outrageous pay and perks that go with them, are dependent on the Mistress. And all she wants is AUSTERITY! There now! So spare us the nonsense waffle at least!