Harping on about rhapsodious aspirations and opportunity knocks at the door of the youthful unemployed of Europe. Or, that’s the way politicians in the EU from Paris to Berlin believe that it all fits into place in the nice little puzzle that they have concocted as Merkel slaps Hollande on the back (yes, it’s her that does the back-slaps, these days; Hollande is far too jelly-wobbly). But one thing the political leaders of Europe have forgotten: opportunity might well be knocking on the door of the EU in the light of the recent improvements, but the door has been bolted and chained for so long for the youth of Europe ... (full story)