You are over 50% more likely to be unemployed in the EU than in the UK
In the Eurozone it’s worse: your chances of being unemployed are almost 70% higher
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Latest figures show how the UK is weathering Covid, but the EU still lags behind
During the EU Referendum campaign in 2016, FactsEU.Org repeatedly pointed out the poor performance of the EU when it comes to unemployment. We did this in the face of the then Chancellor George Osborne and the then Prime Minister David Cameron seeking to scare the voting public with wild claims of immediate job losses in the UK of up to 820,000 in the event of a vote to Leave the European Union.
Naturally, the pro-EU BBC eagerly seized on these irresponsible and erroneous claims
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It must be noted that these claims were immediate job losses – they were supposed to be the result of the vote, not even the effect of the UK leaving the EU some time later. The above picture is of the BBC's then Economics Editor, pronouncing on the "dire news".
In reality, as we pointed out in the subsequent years, the number of people in jobs following the Brexit vote rose significantly. This was yet another nail in the coffin for Project Fear. No-one apologised for misleading the public in such a grotesque fashion – not the mandarins in HM Treasury (who concocted the wild figures), nor the Chancellor, nor the Prime Minister.
Here is what actually happened
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So where are we now and where is the EU, after Covid?
Today we bring readers the latest data from the EU Commission and from the UK’s Office for National Statistics, showing how the EU continues to lag far behind Brexit Britain.
Brexit Facts4EU.Org Summary
Unemployment: The UK versus the EU
- United Kingdom: 4.9%
- EU27: 7.5%
- Eurozone: 8.3%
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The UK versus selected EU countries
- Spain: 16.1%
- Greece: 15.8% (latest figures from Dec 2020)
- Italy: 10.2%
- France: 8.0%
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Statistical note: The above are the normal, seasonally-adjusted figures based on the active population.
Observations
Once again, Brexit Britain outranks and outperforms the EU
Back in early 2016 we were all being told that poor little Britain couldn’t survive as an independent country in the big, nasty world out there. Unless we were part of the great EU empire we would wither and perish.
The truth is the opposite and the facts have proved that. Not only that, but Brexit Britain is set to outperform the EU bloc this year on almost every important measure. The unemployment figures above are a case in point.
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[ Sources: EU Commission statistics agency | UK Office for National Statistics ] Politicians and journalists can contact us for details, as ever.
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