Nobody's hiring in Southern EU countries, because firing is too difficult/expensive there. All the protectionist laws that were meant to keep the employee secur

Nobody's hiring in Southern EU countries, because firing is too difficult/expensive there. All the protectionist laws that were meant to keep the employee secure naturally backfired and resulted in a steadily shrinking job market. Employing someone in EU is like accepting them into a kindergarten, you assume full responsibility for them as if they weren't adults. Matt Henderson gives an eye-opening first-hand report from Spain here: http://www.dafacto.com/2011/02/12/the-unfortunate-consequence-of-protective-social-laws-in-spain/ http://www.dafacto.com/2011/02/12/the-unfortunate-consequenc... Allow the employers to fire easily, they will have no problem hiring again.