The bottom quarter

by Wiemer Salverda

Will a quarter of Europeans soon be underpaid? A new study predicts the European labour market is increasingly resembling its American counterpart. » more

Article | 28/05/2008

The Call of the Strawberries

by Jakob Horstmann

Ten percent of all Romanians work abroad - primarily as harvest workers - because salaries in their country are too low. » more

Article | 28/05/2008

Fed up with loans

by Tom Gebhardt

Well-educated but deep in debt - Spain has witnessed the emergence of a new class of young low-income earners known as the "Mileuristas". » more

Facts | 28/05/2008

Average earners

20 European member states have legal minimum wages, ranging from 92 to 1,570 euros gross per month. But how high are average gross wages across Europe? » more

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PRESS REVIEW

Main focus of 05/09/2008

Change through rapprochement

At a four-way summit in Damascus, French President Nicolas Sarkozy discussed the Middle East conflict and the nuclear dispute with Iran with his counterparts from Syria, Qatar and Turkey. Sarkozy hopes his efforts will bring Syria out of its international isolation. Will the summit help foster political development in the Middle East?

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