Ahead of the European election, striking data shows where Gen Z and millennials’ allegiances lie.

Ahead of the European election, striking data shows where Gen Z and millennials’ allegiances lie.

Far-right parties are surging across Europe — and young voters are buying in.

Many parties with anti-immigrant agendas are even seeing support from first-time young voters in the upcoming June 6-9 European Parliament election.

In Belgium, France, Portugal, Germany and Finland, younger voters are backing anti-immigration and anti-establishment parties in numbers equal to and even exceeding older voters, analyses of recent elections and research of young people’s political preferences suggest.

In the Netherlands, Geert Wilders’ anti-immigration far-right Freedom Party won the 2023 election on a campaign that tied affordable housing to restrictions on immigration — a focus that struck a chord with young voters. In Portugal, too, the far-right party Chega, which means “enough” in Portuguese, drew on young people’s frustration with the housing crisis, among other quality-of-life concerns.

The analysis also points to a split: While young women often reported support for the Greens and other left-leaning parties, anti-migration parties did particularly well among young men. (Though there are some exceptions. See France, below, for example.)

  • @afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22•6 months ago

    Must suck living in a place with 450 million people none of which can think for themselves and instead are just vessels for the thoughts of other civilizations

    Own up to your own crap if you want to fix it, or don’t own it and blame foreigners. See if I care.

        • @undergroundoverground@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3•6 months ago

          Again, said without a hint of irony. Please get some self awareness before replying again. Youre taking the sport out of it.

          Some of us are capable of holding all the contributing factors in their heads and not just ignore the ones they dont want to talk about. It doesn’t mean we don’t have our own problems but it also doesn’t mean that there isn’t another very serious problem at hand.

            • @undergroundoverground@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3•6 months ago

              Clearly you think yourself far smarter than you are. Especially considering you can’t even see yourself fall foul of the fallacy you claim to see. As adorable as it is, I remember when I first found out about fallacies too, its a bit boring and it wouldn’t make me wrong either. That is if you bothered learning any of the other fallacies.

              Let me help you, as you’re clearly struggling here: why is it that only the Europeans, in this instance, that have to own their crap? Why are we not allowed to consider any other contributing factors? How is me mentioning another factor, while not denying the problems at home, not owing it?

              It doesn’t make sense does it?

                • @undergroundoverground@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  1•6 months ago

                  Bless your little heat. Like I said, I remember when I first discovered fallacies too. So, I understand why you think they’re news for other people. Ironically though, again, you forgot the fallacy fallacy.

                  As in, even if you weren’t wildly wrong and falling foul of the very fallacy you claim to see, it still wouldn’t make my position wrong.

                  So, rather than post things you clearly don’t understand, why not engage the subject?

                  Lol jk, anyone reading this will know why you can’t.