European Gen Z seems more enthusiastic about Europe, not just as a political institution, but as an identity and set of values. Not surprising considering they are the first to fully enjoy the fruits of European cooperation, and are often mixed in nationality. But are they enough to carry this? - ThreadSky

derparrot.bsky.social • 13 days ago

European Gen Z seems more enthusiastic about Europe, not just as a political institution, but as an identity and set of values. Not surprising considering they are the first to fully enjoy the fruits of European cooperation, and are often mixed in nationality. But are they enough to carry this?

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miguelestornino.bsky.social•13 days ago

I do long term suspect Erasmus program to be EUgenics action, there is like million Erasmus kids in EU, so slow and steady ....

skalvian.bsky.social•13 days ago

Read somewhere thar Erasmus programme gave Europe a million babies or something.

wayne-borean.bsky.social•13 days ago

Demographics. The old farts like me are dying off. Problem is European birth rates have been low, so Gen Z doesn't have the numbers the Boomers did. I don't follow current European demographics, my main interests are thousands or millions of years in the past.

janarab.bsky.social•13 days ago

We are simultaneously the generation to not know what it was like to live before a strong EU partnership. Thank you for showing us UK.

matus3000.bsky.social•13 days ago

If we can learn anything from history it's that 40+ year old farts are more eager to sacrifice well being and aspirations of their offspring than their own illusions of nationalistic grandeur.

aragoneselion.bsky.social•13 days ago

In Spain amongst 18-25, euroskepticism is quite high

Many dont vote and Vox and Podemos would have success in the age groups

Many young people I know are euroskeptic and hold non liberal or even democratic views and that is increasing

leoorchard.bsky.social•13 days ago

How you can still be a euroskeptic I will never understand. How could you look at the UK and think "yeah, I want that"

aragoneselion.bsky.social•13 days ago

Many people reject the progressive values + add countless culture war stuff from left and right

aragoneselion.bsky.social•13 days ago

This is completly not the case.

Most GenZ I know in Spain are anti-EU, belive the EU harmed our country.

Many told me how can someone belive in Europe nowadays that they ruined us

They hate the "globalist elite" and many told me they dont want to die for Ukraine

Liberal city elites arent all

reaper-z.bsky.social•13 days ago

I think this is cherry-picking data. What Spaniard youth thinks doesn't reflect (or matter as much as) what EUROPEAN youth as a whole think. And the data in Europe as a whole is clear - young people love the EU more often than not.

There's an official 2024 EU youth survey, look it up.

aragoneselion.bsky.social•13 days ago

I will read it

fluidice.bsky.social•13 days ago

I think it's more the European young urbanites than the Gen Z, who are fully enjoying the benefits of the Union.

jhuitz.bsky.social•13 days ago

Agree, it’s places like Vienna or Prague. Get into the countryside and it’s not the same.

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