The liberal Bill Gates-sponsored media outlet laments that youthful citizens are increasingly backing right-wing populists who prioritize their needs.

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European voters under age 35 are increasingly supporting far-right political candidates because conservative populists seem to offer more solutions to the quality-of-life issues that concern them most, the UK’s Guardian newspaper has claimed.

‘Across the continent, the media-promoted image of the radical-right voter – typically white, male, non-graduate and, above all, old – is changing. Studies suggest that in several countries, support for the far right is growing fastest among younger voters.

Italian political scientist Catherine de Vries told the newspaper that while many young voters aren’t necessarily in ideological alignment with far-right candidates, they are swayed by those who pledge greater livelihood security as their lives become more precarious.

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The Guardian noted that conservative parties are appealing increasingly to young voters in such countries as Italy, Austria, France, Germany, Sweden and Denmark. The trend also was evident in the recent Dutch election, in which the victorious Party for Freedom (PVV) fared even better among voters under age 35 than it did overall.

A 24-year-old Amsterdam man told the media outlet that he and his friends voted for PVV leader Geert Wilders because the right-wing candidate wants to figure out the housing crisis and make our health care better. He added that many woke people in big cities focus on such issues as climate and gender while ignoring the real problems facing Dutch citizens today. 

‘It frustrates me that migrants receive more help from the government than Dutch people, but I’m not against Islam. I don’t want mosques closed. I just think we need to control immigration better.’

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Other political analysts lamented that far-right parties had successfully positioned themselves as cool, in some cases skillfully reaching large audiences on social media. One observer claimed that a rising ultra-right counterculture has been able to ’reach and radicalize’ many young Europeans.

A 22-year-old woman in Amsterdam said she and her family members voted for the PVV party because the current Dutch government didn’t seem to care about their top concerns, including inflation. ’When it comes to migration, people from a war country deserve a better life here, but it shouldn’t be at the expense of Dutch people,’ she said. THOSE WHO CARE SHARE

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