Greeks queue up to learn German
EUobserver, 24.02.2012
The two-year long eurozone crisis has taken its toll on political relations between debtor Athens and creditor Berlin but Greeks are voting with their feet - the number of Greeks learning German has shot up over the last year. […]
Janis Emmanouilidis from the European Policy Centre thinktank in Brussels backs up Drissner's analysis.
"If you talk to young Greeks. They are longing for a job. They want to show that they can be productive. But they are not able to because of the high level of unemployment and five years of recession," he says.
"Despite the anger that you can see in Greece, a lot of young Greeks, when they leave their country, opt for Germany. They think this is a country that has potential."
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