YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

Youth political participation, social engagement, and extremism  175 in politics in Slovenia is extremely low. This is much lower among young people than the OECD average and almost 50% lower than the rest of the population. The results of the survey among young people show that their interest in politics is low. Only 6.7% of young people say that they are very interested in politics, while 23.5% are interested in politics to some extent. Conse- quently, this means that only about a third of young people in Slovenia demonstrate circumstances that create good preconditions for political participation. Therefore, we can say that interest in politics among young people in Slovenia is low. “Actually really bad. I volunteer only with the SAFY (Slovenian Association of Friends of Youth) by taking care of kids at summer camp VIRC in Poreč (Cro- atia). Politically I’mnot active at all, because politics doesn’t interest me at all. I don’t have any desire to ever be politically active in any way, so I accept things as they are and I am grateful for the country I live in.” (Daša, 25 years old, young entrepreneur and student) Only approximately a third of young people in Slovenia demonstrate good circumstances, which create good preconditions for political participation, as their interest in politics is low.

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