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Simmering crisis getting worse in EU

By Fu Jing | China Daily | Updated: 2011-09-13 08:27

A side from the worsening sovereign debt turbulence, European politicians are facing another crisis, the shortage of jobs for youths.

I met Peter, a 23-aged Romanian driver and his older brother in downtown Brussels when I waited at the roadside for my rescue company to come and fix my flat tire. Seeing me, they stopped their truck and asked whether I was in need of help.

While changing the tire, they said they had been working in Greece for five years until the debt crisis hit the economy. Now they share a job as truck driver for a grocery owned by a Romanian woman in Brussels. But they have no contract and the pay is low.

Simmering crisis getting worse in EU

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