Analysis: young people’s testimonies show they are ready to draw systemic conclusions from the handling of the pandemic by political elites
- ‘A sacrificed generation’: psychological scars of Covid on young may have lasting impact
- ‘So many revolutions to lead’: Europe’s Gen Z on their post-Covid future
They have been tested, examined, judged and graded since childhood; told they must excel, compete and succeed. But thanks to Covid-19, across Europe a generation of school and college leavers face a bleak present and an uncertain future.
When the Guardian asked Europeans in their late teens and early 20s how the pandemic has made them feel, you might have expected an outpouring of frustration: over jobs lost, friendships forcibly attenuated, dates cancelled. What arrived was a critique of capitalism.
