2024 European elections: Who are young Europeans voting for?

By Jesús Palomar i Baget, Profesor de Ciencia Política, Universitat de Barcelona

Over the last five European Parliament elections, young people’s participation and preferences have changed significantly in response to various socio-economic, political and cultural factors. Of course, the European Union is politically and socially diverse, meaning this evolution has not been uniform across Member States – it reflects a huge range of local concerns and socio-economic contexts.

Importantly, for the first time all citizens over the age of 16 were eligible to vote in Austria, Belgium, Germany…

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