EU and Elections in France. The future

No More Future! Europe’s youth don’t care to vote—but they’re ready to join a mass revolt!

While some observers are hoping that the defeat of Geert Wilders in the Netherlands and the expected loss of Le Pen in France will herald the beginning of the end for populist momentum in the Western world, there are some bad news for them. Not only will populism stay ascendant, we are merely in the very early stages of this ongoing political earthquake. Nobody should expect this trend to go away until the economic future for average citizens (especially the youth) starts to improve materially.

So Corrupted EU bureaucrat/politician: Start to Run! Young generations will soon get rid of you!

Around 580,000 respondents in 35 countries were asked the question: Would you actively participate in large-scale uprising against the generation in power if it happened in the next days or months? More than half of Protected content 34-year-olds said yes.

The question was part of a European Union-sponsored survey, titled “Generation What?” The report went on to focus on respondents from 13 countries to better understand what young people are optimistic and frustrated about in Europe.

Among these spotlighted countries, young people in Greece were particularly interested in joining a large-scale uprising against their government, with 67% answering yes to the question. Respondents in Greece were also more likely to believe politicians were corrupt and to have negative perceptions of the country’s financial sector.

Young people in Italy and Spain rounded out the top three, with 65% and 63% willing to join a large-scale uprising, respectively.

In comparison, young people in Netherlands were least interested in expressing their frustration in the streets, with only 33% agreeing with the statement. Germany (37%) and Austria (39%) were also less eager for revolt.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, respondents from France, a country in the midst of a tense election, with a long history of riots, protests, and revolutions, were also up for joining a large-scale uprising—61% answered yes.

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