Siden midten af 1980'er er det lykkedes både at øge beskæftigelsesfrekvensen og at nedbringe arbejdsløsheden mere, end det er sket i Japan og resten af Vesteuropa.
Since the mid-1980s, the Com munity has succeeded both in raising the employment/workingage population ratio, and in reducing unemployment, by more than Japan or the rest of Western Europe.