A European Generation Takes to the Streets

Click here to access article by Mathieu von Rohr and Helene Zuber from Spiegel Online. 

Apolitical young people who long believed that conformity was the best strategy for getting by, have become political overnight. This is perhaps the most astonishing conclusion to be reached by observing this movement. And it also applies to France and Portugal, where the protesters are demanding direct citizen participation and are collecting signatures to support bills aimed at improving the situation of young people.