Photo Gallery Europe's Lost Generation
Since the euro crisis began, the Greek government has approved a series of austerity programs, which have been especially hard on young people. Here, Greek teachers and students demonstrate in Athens on May 13, 2013. The unemployment rate among Greeks under 25 has been above 50 percent for months.
The situation is similarly dramatic in Spain, Portugal and Italy. According to Eurostat, the European Union's statistics office, the rate of unemployment among young adults in the EU has climbed to 23.5 percent. A lost generation is taking shape in Europe. Here, a protest in Barcelona, Spain on May 9.
Cypriot women protest outside the parliament in Nicosia in April 2013 ahead of a debate on the country's European bailout.
Demonstrators stand on a statue which represents Marianne, symbol of the state and values of France, during a rally to protest the austerity plan of French President Francois Hollande in Paris on May 5.
