Spain's youth unemployment halved in ten years from 57%+ to 26%. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_unemployment_in_Spain#:~:text=5%20References-,Current%20

Spain's youth unemployment halved in ten years from 57%+ to 26%. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_unemployment_in_Spain#:~:text=5%20References-,Current%20statistics,people%20in%20Spain%20were%20unemployed https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_unemployment_in_Spain#.... Yes, cost of living got worse. This does not in any way make the EU poor.