Our consumerism is causing a radical depletion of. 425. Percent. Or has it. Forests and money. Tragic reality behind the exploits. Starts july 24th. Hello bond ya know and welcome to a very Special Edition of Focus On Europe coming to you from the heart of the italian capital row and it was here back in 1957 that history was quite literally
made with the signing of the Treaty Of Rome that would lead the way to the creation of the European Union as we know it today alongside thats another dream came true the dream of Freedom Of Movement for all of europe citizens so we joined one young man for a very schuberts to see how that freedom of Movement Works today. This summer Friedrich Schubert is exploring europe from west to east by train. Hes already covered over 2500 kilometers. In the country from paris france i travelled to italy so this is my 3rd country. His next stop is below new a University City in central italy. The us given no 27000 free for weeks into rail train tickets to europ
cities throughout poland and the eu. arthel: mike tobin live in lviv with more. mike, what is it like where you stand? mike: well, the train system really is a lifeline for the people out here particularly that train that comes from kyiv here to lviv. you don t need a ticket and the trains don t run on schedule. you turn on when the passenger cars are full the train heads off to lviv, the problem is only four trains leaf to poland. a lot of people piling up. there s not enough space to house them, there s not enough food to feed them. you have humanitarian crisis piling up here and you have it on the other side of the border. if people go by car, backup at the border stretched as listening as 30 miles. you have the imagery of people who have abandoned cars and taken what they can carry and walk for the border, the latest numbers from the unhcr, 1.5 million people have fled
the communist yugoslavia. as the train heads for the italian slovenian border he makes friends with a reason man ferrari who comes from the region. of course my family tells me stories about when there. were no other there was. a more dangerous and very very easy street yes. today people in europe can again travel freely. if you ve been to slovenia. but. after 3 hours the train reaches the mediterranean city and soon arrives at the slip fenian border. there s no border guard in sight just a train conductor. for over 11 years this is been an open border.