From Green to Brown: How Progressive Young Voters Can Turn to the Far-Right

Young voters are disillusioned by traditional politics 

25 October 2024

Philipp Fritz

Marcin Król Fellow

The rise of far-right parties among young voters across Europe, from Germany to Poland and France, has shocked many observers. What was once seen as a generational affinity for green and progressive movements has transformed into a right-wing shift, fuelled by economic concerns, migration issues and a growing frustration with traditional political parties.

In May of this year, a cell phone video from the upper-class island refuge of Sylt went viral. To the sound of the Eurodance classic ‘L’amour Toujours’, young partygoers chanted the xenophobic slogan ‘Deutschland den Deutschen, Ausländer raus‘ (Germany to the Germans, foreigners out).

The outrage was swift  – federal ministers denounced the chants as racist, and Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the slogans ‘disgusting’ and ‘unacceptable’. Yet the video sparked more than just outrage – it ignited a conversation about the political undercurrents among Europe’s youth.

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Philipp Fritz

Marcin Król Fellow

Philipp Fritz is a Marcin Król Fellow 2024 at Visegrad Insight. He studied political science and cultural studies at the University of Bremen and the JU in Krakow. He began his journalistic career at the Berliner Zeitung and has also written articles for Die Zeit and Tageszeitung, and in Poland for Gazeta Wyborcza. Since 2018, he has been a foreign correspondent for WELT and WELT AM SONNTAG, responsible for East Central Europe. His reports and analyses also appear in Switzerland and in the French and Polish press. Philipp is an expert on rule of law issues and international politics and security policy in Europe. Read Philipp’s articles

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