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Focus on Europe - Spotlight on People

February 9, 2023

In France more than a thousand craftspeople are repairing Paris's famous Notre Dame cathedral from the ravages of a fire in 2019. Also: A family in Britain are living off the grid with a small ecological footprint -- and a lot of imagination.

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Focus on Europe — Spotlight on People

What drives people in Europe – politically, socially and culturally? How do Europeans lead their lives? What are their views, hopes and fears? Focus on Europe – Spotlight on People provides the answers.

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