European elections: How a vocational sch • Table.Briefings

Juniorwahl — 5,600 schools have registered for the „Junior Election“ ahead of the European elections.

In the upcoming European elections, 16-year-olds can vote in Germany for the first time. For many first-time voters, however, Europe is a long way away. Table.Briefings visited a vocational school in Lower Saxony to see how it is facing up to this challenge.

The European elections are just a few days away. 60.9 million Germans can cast their vote on June 9, and for the first time, young people aged 16 and over can vote. In addition to Germany, this is also the case in Austria, Belgium and Malta. However, a representative Greenpeace survey of 16 to 23-year-olds shows that many young people are not well prepared for their first election. The most important results of the survey:

European elections: How a vocational school prepares first-time voters

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