Unemployed Europe
Unemployment in Poland hit 8.2% in June 2009. However, for the sixteen countries of the Euro Zone unemployment hit a record 9.4%. Compared to Euroland, Poland’s 8.2% does not look as bad as it could be. Poland’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) places unemployment in Poland at 10.7%, however, GUS uses different markers to calculate these statistics. The average rate of unemployment for all the EU states was 8.9% (a rise of 0.1% from May, and a 2.0% rise from June last year). This means that over 5 million people have lost their job in the European Union over the past twelve months. Ironically, these statistics bode well for Poland’s workers as unemployment does not seem to be rising at the same level in Poland as it is in the EU. Additionally, Poland’s economy seems to be coping better with the crisis than most EU states.
Gazeta Wyborcza
August 12, 2009 at 10:50 am |
Please believe me all those that want to work in Poland are in fact working. Statistics in Poland mean nothing. Nothing has changed in Poland since 1989 including wages.
August 12, 2009 at 9:27 pm |
Steve,
As I mentioned before, you’re either a complete idiot or you’ve never been to Poland.
August 12, 2009 at 11:53 pm |
And again Sara……..No….and yes I have lived here for years, since the Russians gave up and left Poland I have been here off and on as a permenant resident Miss Einstien
August 13, 2009 at 9:00 am |
“The Russians gave up and left Poland”
Do you actually know anything about European history?
Oh, and you just happened to misspell the name of one of the most important scientists in human history.
August 13, 2009 at 11:32 am |
Yea …remember the whole ….. MR. Gorbychoff tear down thiiis wall……??? That is when they started to just give up on Poland and leave them alone…for now.
August 13, 2009 at 4:24 pm |
Odd.