The Future of European Democracy: Youth Voting in the 2024 European Parliament Elections and the Influences of the Far-right and Euroscepticism

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dc.contributor.authorThomas, Skyla Melody
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-08T14:23:22Z
dc.date.available2025-05-08T14:23:22Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractAcross the world, youth are the voice for the future of democracy. From June 6 to the 9th, 2024, the European Parliament (EP) elections took place across 27 European Union (EU) member states to determine the political direction of the EU for the next five years. With a forecasted surge of the far-right, the results reflected a far-right trend across all member states except for the Scandinavian region, while France, Germany, and Romania illustrated the victory of the far-right within national results (Mudde 2024, 126). Since the signing of the 1992 Maastricht Treaty, the EU has been hit with waves of crisis, influencing an ideological shift to the right across the EU as levels of Euroscepticism rise. This research project investigates the influence of the far-right/right-wing populism and Euroscepticism on youth voter choices within the 2024 EP election results. Through a review of EU literature on crisis influencing the rise of the right and Euroscepticism, and an analysis of a primary research survey conducted in Brussels over the summer compared to post-EU election Eurobarometer surveys, youth voters take centre stage in understanding the impact of the far-right and Euroscepticism on the future of European democracy.
dc.description.reviewstatusReviewed
dc.description.scholarlevelUndergraduate
dc.description.sponsorshipJamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awards (JCURA)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/22193
dc.publisherUniversity Of Victoria
dc.subjectyouth
dc.subjectvoting
dc.subjectEuropean elections
dc.subjectfar-right
dc.subjecteuroscepticism
dc.titleThe Future of European Democracy: Youth Voting in the 2024 European Parliament Elections and the Influences of the Far-right and Euroscepticism
dc.typePoster

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