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"Long-term unemployment is recognised as a stubborn challenge that has been confronting the Member States of the European Union for some time now. It affects the unemployed, their households and communities, and, if widespread, it also has negative impacts on the growth and stability prospects of an economy. In the search for remedial action, the idea of an EU-wide Job Guarantee (EU-JG) has recently gained currency among a wide range of European constituencies as an important policy innovation. This Report begins with an explanation of what a Job Guarantee would propose, theoretically and practically, and lays bare, through facts and statistical evidence, the state of play with regard to long-term unemployment in the EU context. It proceeds to familiarise the reader with the EU's experience of job guarantee initiatives and other direct job creation programmes that are currently being implemented, highlighting their similarities and differences. It then moves from the present to the future via a presentation of the contours of the principles, options and trade-offs upon which an EU-JG may be established, and also raises the question as to how this might be financed. The undertaking of the work presented in this report has been motivated by the interest of the ETUI and the ETUC to bring job guarantee-related information and evidence-based analysis to the fore so as to provide further support in deliberations and debate on this topic. The aim is to contribute to the ongoing dialogue about the efficacy, if not the imperative, of a European-wide Job Guarantee."