YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

Youth political participation, social engagement, and extremism  191 Figure 4.10: Use of violence and right to use of violence. 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% Exceptionally, violence can be used to combat injustices. 29.1 30.5 11.8 10.7 8.0 8.8 5.8 6.8 5.0 6.2 3.3 5.0 6.7 8.1 4.2 6.3 6.7 5.4 3.1 4.6 7.6 5.5 2.9 4.1 4.9 5.3 1.7 2.5 1.8 1.6 0.7 0.7 3.1 2.7 0.6 1.5 3.1 1.9 2.1 2.4 People can sometimes use violence to protect their own values and personal or other beliefs. Supporting groups that use violence to improve the world is acceptable. Violence is the only way to bring about social change. 11.4 15.0 12.1 11.3 10.7 11.6 49.5 41.9 1 I completely agree I don't agree at all 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I don't know No answer 0% 100% 1.4 1.1 0.6 0.6 Source: Mladina 2020 4.5  KEY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS • In general, young people report a lack of understanding of politics (only a quarter responded that they have some understanding). The level of policy understanding increased between 2010 and 2020. • Interest in politics among young people is low, with only 6.7% saying they are very interested in politics. When it comes to inter- est in politics, only about a third of young people in Slovenia