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Austerity kids: we are defending our civilization
As Italy’s anti-government Pitchfork Movement stage protest rallies across Italy, “Austerity Kid”, Agata Scionti, 26, tells Channel 4 News, that things are starting to change.
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Austerity kids: have young Italians stopped dreaming?
As youth unemployment in Italy reaches a new all-time high of 40.1 per cent, our newest “Austerity Kid”, Agata Scionti, 26, tells Channel 4 News that young Italians “are unable to dream any more”.
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Cyprus: ‘We are the generation of 500 euros’
Just over six months on from the Cyprus bailout, what’s the situation like for people on the ground? Grim, says our newest “Austerity Kid”, 24-year old Maria Christodoulou.
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Ireland breathes ‘sigh of relief’ after 2014 budget
Ireland’s seventh austerity budget set out 2.5bn euros of cuts and taxes, including cuts to benefits for under 25s. But our Austerity Kid in Dublin says many are just relieved it wasn’t worse.
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UK wages drop among worst in Europe
Wages in the UK have suffered one of the sharpest falls in the EU, lower than some eurozone crisis hit countries, House of Commons library figures have revealed.
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Portugal health crisis: ‘We do not even have scrubs’
Portuguese medical student Francisco Ribeiro Mourao tells Channel 4 News’s Austerity Kids project that cuts to his country’s health system are hurting patients – and threatening future care.
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Italy’s Enrico Letta: we need the UK in the EU
Italy’s Prime Minister Enrico Letta says he will be asking European countries to “help” the UK in order to keep Britain in the EU – and calls for structural reform to make Europe more “pro-growth”.
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Saha: ‘Smart politicians to blame for rising racism’
French footballer Louis Saha tells Channel 4 News far-right politicians in Europe are using minorities as “easy targets” to win votes – and the problem is likely to worsen.
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Standing up to Golden Dawn in Greece
The economic crisis in Greece has led to a rise in support for the far-right Golden Dawn and an increase in racist attacks. Jamal Osman talks to one man who is fighting back.
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Golden Dawn MP expelled from Greek parliament
Uproar erupts in the Greek parliament as an MP from the far-right Golden Dawn party is expelled amid shouts of “Heil Hitler”.
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Happy anniversary? Recession marks first year for Hollande
The French president marks a year in office with a rare press conference. But with France entering recession and his popularity at an all-time low, it may not be the happiest of anniversaries.
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Greece: the ‘messy’ reality for young people
As Greece faces yet another strike, Channel 4 News kicks off its Austerity Kids series by hearing from Athens student Tony Rigopoulos about what it’s really like growing up amid the eurozone crisis.
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Cameron will publish EU bill to quell rebellion
Amid growing calls from Tory backbenchers for a guaranteed EU referendum, David Cameron will publish a draft bill to assure a law on the referendum by 2017.
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Enrico Letta poised to become Italy’s prime minister
A new government could be formed in Italy within days after the Italian president named the centre-left deputy leader Enrico Letta as prime minister designate.
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Austerity kids: what is it like growing up in Europe today?
As a UN team visits Greece to assess how austerity is hitting human rights, Channel 4 News wants your help to find out what impact the eurozone crisis is having on young people across Europe.