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Europe: faces of militant youth

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Greta Thunberg and Anuna De Wever, in Brussels, on February 21, 2019, at the march for the Climate.

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By: Juliette Rengeval Follow

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The consequences of climate change are one of the major concerns of European citizens, especially young people.

In the UK, conservationists have decided to use civil disobedience to get the message out to the authorities.

We talk about it in London, with our correspondent Marie Billon.

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Young people in the fight against global warming are often inspired by the Swedish Greta Thunberg.

In Belgium, Anuna De Wever, 21, took up the torch and launched the first student climate protests in her country 3 years ago.

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Hungarian opposition blues

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, on April 3, 2022, Prime Minister Viktor Orban won the elections, facing a united opposition.

This defeat of the Hungarian opposition is a blow for the thousands of young volunteers who realize that the Orban fortress is impregnable.

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In Romania, an NGO to raise young people's awareness of democratic values

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 This NGO makes young people aware of democratic values ​​in order to encourage them to get involved in society.

The European Eye of Franceline Beretti: retreats

War in Ukraine, the hour of truth for international justice

's first war crimes trial

will begin this week in Kyiv.

On the dock, Vadim Chichimarine, a young Russian soldier, suspected of having killed a 62-year-old man.

War crimes charges have been piling up against the Russian army in Ukraine since the start of the invasion on February 24, 2022. Swiss lawyer Alain Verner, from the organization Civitas Maxima, a network of lawyers and of investigators who, since 2012, has tracked down war criminals and represented victims before international justice, guest of

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• Climate change

• Hungary

• Romania

• Ukraine

• Russia

• Youth

• Victor Orban

• UK

• Belgium

• Greta Thunberg

• International justice

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