I 10 af de 15 EU-lande var arbejdsløshedsniveauet i maj 1995 endda højere end ti år tidligere, da den forudgående recession toppede, mens det i Belgien kun var en smule lavere.
Moreover, in ten of the 15 Member States, the level of unemployment in May 1995 was higher than it had been ten years earlier at the high point of the previous recession, while in Belgium, it was only mar­ginally lower.