Youth Unemployment

This article is an interesting look at the reaction to youth unemployment in Greece, Italy, and Spain. In each country, the youth has reacted differently. The article says:
Yet despite their similar predicaments, the youth of southern Europe has responded to the crisis in very different ways. When tens of thousands of young Spaniards emerged in May, apparently out of nowhere, to turn Puerta del Sol, a square in central Madrid, into a tent city, the tenor of their complaint was far from revolutionary. The earnest young protesters, dubbed indignados, devoted themselves to talking through and voting on every issue that occurred to them; alcohol was frowned upon.

Polls found that up to 80% of Spaniards had some sympathy with the peaceable young protesters, who have called without much controversy for a reform to Spain’s voting system to allow smaller parties to break the current duopoly, an end to political corruption, mercy for mortgage-defaulters and a bit of a biffing for bankers. Had their demands been more focused on the structures that keep them unemployed, enthusiasm might not have been as universal.

Spain reaction is very different from that of Italy, where much of the youth has emigrated to find work, and Greece, which has seen violent youth protests. What does the peaceful and often idealistic response of Spanish youth say about Spain and Spanish culture? Do you think the approach of Spanish youth will be more effective than the approach of the youth of Italy or Greece? What are some possible side effects that could arise (short-term and long-term) from such an unemployed youth?