Broke and beset by the stigma of unemployment, young Greek men are putting off serious relationships and extending their childhood indefinitely, says Yiannis Baboulias
Life for young Greek men is completely in limbo
By News on the Net UK Telegraph——Bio and Archives--July 20, 2015
With the Greek crisis entering its last stages after another fudge of a deal was reached earlier this month in Brussels, everyone is now supposed to think the adventure is over (it isn’t), and that we’re safe to switch channels from the endless bulletins of what a German or Greek politician said about the deal or Greece’s debt or someone’s mum. (That last bit might be an exaggeration, but trust me reader, we’re getting there.)
Amongst all the talk of macroeconomic indexes and debt viability, it’s easy to forget what this has all meant for people on the ground and why it is that in the referendum held just a week ago, young Greeks rejected the deal on the table by more than 70 per cent (the overall result was 61 per cent for “No”).
Youth unemployment in Greece stands at a staggering 50 per cent right now. Alongside them, the group that has been hurt the most is those in their late thirties and early forties, professionals who are way into their professional lives, making them too expensive to employe compared to the young coming on to the job market with great qualifications, but not senior enough to challenge the boomers who, like in most of Europe, got off lightly compared to everyone else.
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