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"I supported the report on employment and social aspects of the AGS 2016. While the unemployment rate has been decreasing since the end of 2013 it is still too high in many Member States, affecting 23 million Europeans, about half of whom are long-term unemployed and with youth unemployment even higher still at 22.6%. According to the Commission, employment and social divergences within and between Member States persist and social developments point to further divergence across the EU, hindering growth, employment and cohesion. In this context it is crucial that further structural reforms are socially just and it is positive that the Commission has emphasised social fairness in the new national stability and reform programmes, adding three employment indicators. In particular I supported the call on the Commission and Member States to implement measures to improve job quality along with measures raising minimum wages to an adequate level in line with the principle of subsidiarity to reduce wage dispersion and on Member States to assess and increase investment in their current social protection systems, in order to tackle and prevent poverty and inequality while also ensuring their sustainability in the face of expected demographic, economic and new social challenges."@en1
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