[mdwakeup]

Well, unemployment on average is higher in EU countries than in the US, but it's nowhere near 10-12%; for all member states, the average is 6.7%. In fact, no EU country has a rate as high as 10%; the highest is Slovakia with 9.8%. Ireland, btw, has a higher unemployment rate than the US, at 5.6%. The lowest unemployment rate in the EU is the Netherlands at 2.6%. Other EU countries with unemployment rates lower than the US are the UK, Austria, Denmark, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Cyprus.

[MuttTheHoople]

Sorry, I always think of France and Germany, and they’re usually around 10%. I DO notice half of those nations are former Eastern Bloc communist countries. THEY know what Socialism is all about, and must try their best to stay away from it.