Youth unemployment in the Southern European countries most affected by the crisis amounts to approximately 43%. Particularly in countries that will be part of this consortium: Spain, Italy and Portugal, youth unemployment has doubled between 2007 (origin of the crisis) and 2013. In Spain, youth unemployment was 20%, and in 2013 it rose to over 50%; in Italy it rose 20% in 2007 to 40% in 2013; and ...