17:27 - 9.01.2023

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January 9, Fineko/abc.az. There is an urgent need for labor in Europe.

ABC.AZ reports that the number of vacancies in the European Union is 3.1%.

There is acute shortage of labor pn about thirty types of professions.

According to the European Commission, currently 70% of the population of European countries are of working age, and by 2070 this figure will fall to 54%.

Faced with this situation, many European countries are setting new rules to accelerate the arrival of workers in these countries in order to attract labor from abroad.

According to Javier Moreno, representing the Spanish Socialists in the European Parliament, work is underway on a new version of the rules for a single work permit in this country.

In the Netherlands, Belgium and the Czech Republic, the vacancy rate is approaching 5%. In Germany, this figure is 4.5%, in France and Italy - about 2.5%, and in Spain - only 0.8%.