Are the millennials in continental Europe left-wing like the ones in the US and UK?

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

I have been under the impression that liberal and green parties have been sucking up a lot of the votes of young people, with left-wing parties also seeing upticks in support. In some countries like Italy, young people are turning to populist parties that don't neatly fit the left-right axis like M5S.

The far-right mostly gets its support from people above 40, is my understanding, with only a few exceptions.

The biggest losers have been traditional establishment parties (social democratic, christian democratic, etc.)

In 2018, the Moderate Party actually was the largest party amongst youth in Sweden, followed closely by the SAP. The Centre Party and Left Party have also gained votes amongst young people.

Here's Germany's 2017 exit polls, but since then it looks like a lot of young voters have shifted towards the Greens:


Meanwhile, in Austria and a number of Eastern European and Baltic countries, young people tended to favor mainstream conservative and liberal parties.

In terms of issues, here is what Eurobarometer found across 2017 - 2018:



So to answer the original question: no. European youth are much more mixed in their views, but in Western Europe there does seem to be a general trend towards liberal and green parties, with mainstream conservative and left-wing parties showing some strength. Really seems like traditional social democratic parties are the biggest losers.