Record low unemployment historic result says Calderone

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 7 - Labour and Social Policies Minister Marina Calderone said the record low unemployment rate published Tuesday by national statistics agency ISTAT was a historic result which Premier Giorgia Meloni's government could proudly claim as a result of its policies.
    "The estimate released today by ISTAT reports the lowest unemployment rate since 2004, which is now structurally below the European average - a historic result which the Meloni government can claim with pride", said Calderone in a note.
    "Much still needs to be done for women's employment and especially for the young but today's ISTAT figure shows how stable jobs are growing while short-term" contracts are "decreasing", added the minister.
    Calderone also said the "numbers must be analysed with attention, to move forward with renewed confidence and with measures that are increasingly devoted to those who work and to those who produce", she stressed.
    The national statistics agency said Tuesday that the unemployment rate in November dropped by 0.1 points to 5.7% on a monthly basis, falling to the lowest level ever recorded since the beginning of the historical series in 2004. (ANSA).