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The 'disability employment gap' stands at 24 percent in the EU (Photo: Pexels)

€211 a month: workers who love their job, but can't live from it

Around 320,000 people with disabilities "work" in Germany's sheltered workshops.

Although defining what these workshops are is not an easy task. The European Parliament itself asked the EU Commission to clarify the term in 2020.

"There does not appear to be universal clarity as to what, in the context of EU law, the term 'sheltered workshop' means," noted Renew Europe MEP Engin Eroglu.

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Paula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.

The 'disability employment gap' stands at 24 percent in the EU (Photo: Pexels)

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Paula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.

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