By Tuba Ongun
Unemployment in the euro area was stable at 6.4% in May compared to the prior month, the EU's statistical office said Tuesday.
The number of jobless rose 38,000 month-on-month to 11.08 million in the single currency zone, Eurostat data showed.
EU-wide unemployment, which includes countries that are in the bloc but do not use its common currency, was also constant at 6% in May.
Some 13.2 million people in the EU were jobless in May, a rise of 13,000 from April.
The youth unemployment rate came in at 14.2% in the euro area and 14.4% in the EU.
Some 2.83 million young persons (under 25) were unemployed in the EU, including 2.29 million were in the single currency zone.