Nearly one Spaniard in four is unemployed, according to data released yesterday, as the country’s economic and financial predicament prompted a government minister to talk of a “crisis of enormous proportions”.
昨日发布的数据显示,西班牙的失业率几乎达到25%。西班牙政府的一名大臣将该国的经济和金融困境称为一场“巨大的危机”。
The data from the National Statistics Institute showed 367,000 people lost their jobs in the first three months of the year. That means more than 5.6m Spaniards – or 24.4 per cent of the workforce – are unemployed, close to a record high set in 1994.
西班牙国家统计局(National Statistics Institute)的数据显示,今年头三个月,有36.7万西班牙人丢掉了工作。这意味着,西班牙失业人口达到逾560万人(也就是24.4%的劳动人口),接近1994年创下的历史最高纪录。
The data, which came on the heels of another sovereign credit rating downgrade, prompted José Manuel García-Margallo, foreign minister, to say that they were “terrible for everyone and terrible for the government”. He compared the European Union to the doomed liner Titanic, saying that passengers would be saved only if all worked together to find a solution.
这些数据发布前不久,西班牙主权信用评级再次遭到调降。西班牙外交大臣若泽•曼努埃尔•加西亚-马加略(José Manuel García-Margallo)表示:“对每个人以及西班牙政府来说,(这些数据)简直糟透了。”他把欧盟(EU)比作在劫难逃的邮轮泰坦尼克号(Titanic),认为乘客们只有齐心协力找到解决方案才能得救。
【西班牙失业率升至25% 官员称已接近危机边缘】相关文章:
★ “超级真菌”在美爆发,致死率高达60%,中国已确认18例
最新
2020-09-15
2020-09-15
2020-09-15
2020-09-15
2020-09-15
2020-09-15