59 percent of respondents between the ages of 18 and 30 expressed their trust in democracy. 62 percent of the young people surveyed trust this.
The problem is trust in the government and therefore in the traffic light coalition, which only 39 percent of young people would trust. “Social justice and fairness are very important” to young people, the study concludes. Governments should see the fact that young people are becoming increasingly pessimistic about the future, especially because of climate change, as a “warning signal”.