This activism comes mainly in response to the latest alarming figures on youth unemployment in southern Europe, with sky-high rates of joblessness widely regarded as politically unacceptable. But there are several reasons to doubt that youth unemployment is a discrete problem meriting special treatment.
如此积极的主要原因是南欧年轻人失业的最新警示信号，极高的无业率被广泛认为是政治上不可接受的。但有理由质疑年轻人失业是需要特别关注的离散性问题。事实上，年轻人失业数字具有误导性，体现在两个方面。