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Environment, health and economy all in one

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Article Published 13 Dec 2013 Last modified 11 May 2021

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Photo: © G. Karadeniz / EEA

The European economy is still feeling the impact of the economic crisis that started in 2008. Unemployment and pay cuts have affected millions. When new graduates cannot find jobs in one of the richest parts of the world, should we talk about the environment? The European Union's new environmental action programme does exactly this, but not only. It also identifies the environment as an integral and inseparable part of our health and our economy.