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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lisa O'Carroll and Ashifa Kassam

EU to crack down on unpaid internships ‘exploiting despair of young people’

Students protest in 2022 in Toulouse, France,  to oppose a fourth year of internship in general medicine
Students protest in 2022 in Toulouse, France, to oppose a fourth year of internship in general medicine. Photograph: Abaca Press/Alamy

The EU is planning to clamp down on unpaid internships and “bogus” traineeships offered by unscrupulous employers with a new directive.

The move, which was criticised by some groups for not going far enough, is to be tabled on Thursday and is likely to be the last major legislative proposal before the mandate of the European parliament ends with the June elections.

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