The young are more anti-immigration than older generations in some parts of Europe, Guardian analysis has found, as attitudes to migration harden in mainland Europe before EU elections in June.
Analysis of pan-EU polling reveals that in some countries, typically those in eastern Europe, negative attitudes to immigration are more commonly held by gen Z or millennials than gen X or baby boomers.
The findings come ahead of an expected surge in support for far-right parties in European parliament elections in June, and follow recent national elections – in the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, France – in which young people voted in unprecedented numbers for nationalist and Eurosceptic parties.
