Mon 02nd August 2021 | 09:32 PM Some 28 percent of people living in the European Union cannot afford to go away on holiday for a week, according to a study published Monday by the European Trade Union Confederation Brussels, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 2nd Aug, 2021 ) :Some 28 percent of people living in the European Union cannot afford to go away on holiday for a week, according to a study published Monday by the European Trade Union Confederation. For those with income at or below the "at-risk-of-poverty threshold" -- including "millions" of low-paid workers, pensioners and the unemployed -- the proportion is as much as 59.5 percent, the study found.