r/europe • u/Aralknight India • 2d ago

News German unemployment tops three million for first time in a decade

https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/german-unemployment-tops-three-million-first-time-decade-2025-08-29/
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u/Aspirational1 2d ago

What's that as a percentage of the workforce?

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u/DisIsMyName_NotUrs Slovenia 1d ago

Like 6%

And it changed by less than 0.5%

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u/Elegant-Chemical4466 1d ago

“The seasonally adjusted jobless rate remained stable at 6.3%, in line with analysts' forecast in a Reuters poll”

Population increased as well but jobless rate remains stable this is just sensationalized news

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u/TheDukeOfAnkh 1d ago

The sort of "news" AfD and the likes are waiting for?

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u/No-Moose4334 2d ago

Despite progress, the unemployment rate among non-EU citizens (12.3% in 2024) remains considerably higher than for Germans (5.1%). 

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u/Eastern-Salary-4446 1d ago

In the mean time Poland is doing great, who knew right

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u/Confident_Frame2213 2d ago

Please stop reposting this; IIRC it’s been posted at least twice already

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

Does anybody nose why?

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u/Medical-Committee-75 1d ago

The bundeswehr has plenty of vacancies, and it will be even more in the near future.