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Generation E

Lucy Ash examines how young Europeans are facing up to a time of economic and political crisis

Radio 4,10 episodes

Episodes

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Series 2
Germany's Eldorado
Lucy visits Schwabisch Hall which has been swamped with young job applicants.
13 Aug 2012,15 mins
Series 2
Loans for Life in Latvia
Lucy visits Latvia, where she finds that life for young people is particularly tough.
14 Aug 2012,15 mins
Series 2
Italy's Five Star Idealist
Lucy Ash is in Italy with Milan's youngest city councillor who wants to clean up politics.
15 Aug 2012,15 mins
Series 2
Hungary's Graduates - Trapped by the State
Lucy Ash is in Hungary, where students were suddenly told they faced university tuition.
16 Aug 2012,15 mins
Series 2
Poland's Underground Economy
Lucy Ash is in Poland with the young people going underground - in mines and in business.
17 Aug 2012,15 mins
Series 1
Portugal's Reverse Migration
How Portuguese graduates are forced to leave their country to find work.
29 Aug 2011,15 mins
Series 1
Life in a Spanish Ghost Town
Spain's economic crisis has pushed record numbers to default on their mortgages.
30 Aug 2011,15 mins
Series 1
The Picnic Protesters of Paris
Lucy meets French group L'Appel et la Pioche which campaigns against global capitalism.
31 Aug 2011,15 mins
Series 1
Greece's Far-right Extremists
Lucy Ash meets Europe's disaffected youth.
01 Sep 2011,15 mins
Series 1
Poland's Catholic "Beggars"
Lucy Ash meets young Polish Catholics who have turned their backs on the material world.
02 Sep 2011,15 mins