BBC
July 1, 2019
Like many young Greeks, Tasos Stavridis plans to leave the country once he finishes his degree in political science.
"Our financial crisis has gone on much longer than we expected and we are so exhausted," says the 22-year-old.
His generation has been severely impacted by the country's decade-long financial crisis.
With a youth unemployment rate of almost 40%, between 350,000 and 400,000 graduates have emigrated since 2010.
"Most of my friends plan to leave too. In Greece the salaries are so low, and the economic situation is so bad," Mr Stavridis complains.
As Greeks prepare for a general election on 7 July, he and his peers are not backing a radical, youth-orientated party, such as the current-ruling Syriza which swept to victory in 2015.
In last month's European elections, the majority of 18- to 24-year-old voters (30.5%) backed New Democracy (ND), the traditional centre-right party widely considered partly responsible for the very crisis that still impacts them.
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