THE EUROPEAN CHEMICAL EMPLOYERS GROUP IS COMMITTED TO A STRONG EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY IN A EUROPEAN SOCIAL MARKET ECONOMY

The ECEG welcomes President Juncker’s Statement on the State of the Union of 14 September 2016.

We share his priority of a more social Europe, a Europe in which more jobs are created, unemployment is reduced, and intelligent flexibility is applied to support growth and a competitive European economy.

Many EU countries show a continued high unemployment rate especially among young well-educated people also in the chemical industry, whereas in other EU member states these young people are needed. Through dedicated mentoring initiatives the chemical sector intends to rectify this imbalance. The European associations of the chemical industry held an international conference on “Mobility and Mentoring – Increasing Employment of Young People in the European Chemical Industry” in order to explore the necessary conditions for these initiatives.