Summary
A survey by the Bertelsmann Foundation found that most young Germans (ages 16-30) feel disillusioned with politics, citing distrust, lack of influence, and insufficient avenues for engagement beyond voting.
Only 8% believe politicians take their concerns seriously, and fewer than 1 in 5 feel they can enact change.
Despite this, 61% still see democracy as the best system.
The findings come as Germany faces potential elections after its coalition collapse, with experts urging politicians to better involve youth on key issues like peace, education, and inflation.
That is your critique? Like, not that it’s a Bertelsmann survey?
Still wouldn’t discount the data, though, this is a behemoth of a neolib think tank doing a study on the impacts of the policies they’re pushing, with Bertelsmann it’s always the framing and conclusions that are the issue, not the raw data. Maybe they’ll understand that they themselves are the cause of the results, maybe they won’t.