Monday, 18.04.2016

What is the long-term impact of the generational divide in attitudes to Europe?

Several polls show that people aged 18-34 are more likely to vote to remain in the European Union than older generations.

Further, they are less likely to be concerned about levels of immigration, trust EU institutions more than national institutions and are less attached to party politics. On 18 April, FES London in cooperation with CoVi organised a roundtable in order to explore the generational divide when it comes to attitudes towards Europe and migration more widely.

For this purpose, 15 academics, experts and pollsters had been invited to discuss the reasons for the divide, the implications for the British EU referendum and the means by which political campaigns, parties and the media can take the views of younger people into account. The inputs from the roundtable will feed into a forthcoming report on the generational divi