ROME (Aftenposten): Edoardo Minotti has managed to do something that apparently few young Italians can do: find a job. But he knows the numbers don’t tell the whole truth.
– Unemployment among young people is very high. But it’s downhill, says Edoardo Gudo Cova Minotti (27).
Aftenposten meets Minotti in his shop in Rome. There he sells goods from all over Europe. With great enthusiasm, he shows everything from Danish licorice to German rum.
Minotti is one of the exceptions to the statistics that are causing Italian politicians headaches. Among young people between 15 and 29 years old, almost one in four is without a job or a place to study. This is the highest figure in the EU.
At the same time, young Italians live at home with mum and dad up to the age of 30 on average. And it’s the men who leave the nursery last.
But that doesn’t mean young people stay home all day. Minotti points out that behind the numbers there is a serious problem.
This particular issue was a hot topic in the election campaign that led to the Italian elections on Sunday 25 September.
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