For 2017 and 2018, it is too early to tell, but the growth rates should be about the same.
For example, the euro area flash manufacturing and composite output PMIs for December are at 60.6 (the highest since the series began in June 1997) and 58.0 (a 82-month high) respectively, comparable or somewhat higher than the level in the United States, Japan or the United Kingdom. Is unemployment still a major issue? Unemployment is still an issue.