BERLIN/WARSAW/MADRID ¨C From Germany and France to Poland and Spain, the far right made inroads into the youth vote in key states in the European Union elections ¡ª as a generation that has grown up amid constant crises seeks new answers and follows politicians fluent in TikTok and YouTube.
Young voters, traditionally perceived to be more left-wing, drove the wave of support for environmental parties at the last EU election in 2019, earning the nickname ¡°Generation Greta¡± after the young Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.
But following the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ukraine war and cost of living crisis, many shifted their support this year toward far-right populist parties that tapped into their concerns, fueling their overall rise in the June 6 to 9 European Parliament poll.
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