From Germany and France to Poland and Spain, the far-right has won the youth vote in key countries in the 2024 European elections as a generation brought up amid ongoing crises looks for answers and follows politicians who are comfortable using TikTok and YouTube. Young voters, traditionally seen as leaning mostly to the left, had largely backed “green” parties in the last election in 2019, earning them the nickname ‘Generation Greta’ from Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. But after the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the cost of living crisis, many young people have switched sides this year and moved to populist far-right parties that have capitalized on their concerns and fueled their rise in the latest European elections. With their leaders mastering the new social media—better than mainstream party leaders—European, often nascent, nationalist, anti-establishment parties gain prestige and are seen by […]
Source: News Beast
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