Unemployment

[Vegaanders]

Hi all!

Just read EU statistics

Cyprus unemployment rate is 14%

UK 7.8%

Greece and Spain 26%

Anders

[inthepit]

thanks. greece and spain are in a really bad position.

[David_&_Letitia]

I bet there are not many bankers amongst any of those statistics, although they bear a great deal of responsibility for them...

[PeteandSylv]

Originally Posted by David_&_Letitia

I bet there are not many bankers amongst any of those statistics, although they bear a great deal of responsibility for them...

or politicians!

Pete

[Pam n Dave]

Originally Posted by PeteandSylv

or politicians!

Pete

There will be an additional politician out of work next month but he is leaving with a Golden Goodbye so won't need a job.

[Vegaanders]

Originally Posted by Pam n Dave

There will be an additional politician out of work next month but he is leaving with a Golden Goodbye so won't need a job.

Anyone better in sight for the next years?

Anders

[PeteandSylv]

Originally Posted by Vegaanders

Anyone better in sight for the next years?

Anders

It's going to be very difficult to assess any candidate as they are unlikely to say or publicise anything in English.

I wish I could feel more optimistic about a new government but I suspect it could be more of the same as they feather their nests and fail to grasp the opportunity this country has to improve and flourish.

Pete

[Vegaanders]

Originally Posted by PeteandSylv

It's going to be very difficult to assess any candidate as they are unlikely to say or publicise anything in English.

I wish I could feel more optimistic about a new government but I suspect it could be more of the same as they feather their nests and fail to grasp the opportunity this country has to improve and flourish.

Pete

One thing for sure you can read in German news is that the new government must agree to keep the deal for bailout, otherwise no money

Anders

[PeteandSylv]

Originally Posted by Vegaanders

One thing for sure you can read in German news is that the new government must agree to keep the deal for bailout, otherwise no money

Anders

That, to my mind, is part of the opportunity. Compliance with EU demands will provide a framework for improvement which if grasped correctly by the next government will allow the import of new techniques in method and management so that, for example, the bloated, idle public sector can be reorganised, targeted, managed and measured.

Pete

[Vegaanders]

Originally Posted by PeteandSylv

That, to my mind, is part of the opportunity. Compliance with EU demands will provide a framework for improvement which if grasped correctly by the next government will allow the import of new techniques in method and management so that, for example, the bloated, idle public sector can be reorganised, targeted, managed and measured.

Pete

This ofc also have a backside. When making public sector more effective people will be unemployed and hard to re-employ because lack of skills.

I can see the similar here in Germany

Our system for numberplates is that all towns and some regiona has its own letter/s on the number-plate. So every time you change car or move you need new plates. Every year this happens 10 million times. 3 million new cars and 7 million re-registered. Every set of plates cost 30 euro for the owner. This means 300 million euro the owner must feed the private company that is responsible for the plates with. Plus the registration authority charge 17 Euro more

This process is handled manually, you need to visit the registration office each time.

Now if I compare with Sweden. All of this is handled by the owner using internet. Plates is no problem because the car get the number when its sold first time and keep it until ist time to be scrap again. There is no fees for register unregister, only time you pay is when you have to get new plates because of damage or theft etc.

If this system would be implemented in Germany it would save a lot of money and environment because of 14 million not needed aluminium plates every year, but also cause a lot of unemployment and that's why they keep the system.

How is the Cyprus system?

Anders