But they aren’t necessarily voting for pro-climate parties. There’ll be a bump for environmentally minded parties, but it probably won’t offset the far right’s gains, says Paul Hockenos. Just two weeks before the European Parliament (EP) election on May 23-26, opinion polls show a conspicuous shift in opinion in nearly every EU country. The issue of climate protection has soared from near the bottom of voters’ priorities just a year ago to the top today. Climate change is on voters’ minds Immigration is still voters’ foremost concern: so said 35% of the 8,000 polled last week in the EU’s eight most populous countries, excluding the UK. This isn’t new. But now migration is followed by climate change (29%), and then security (23%), economic inequality (18%), and national debt (18%). In Germany and France, climate has risen to concern number one, having surpassed migration. Another poll, of young Europeans from 16 to 26 years of age, came up with much the same result: “asylum and migration” coming in first, “climate protection and environmental policy” a close … Continue reading All new polls show: Ever more Europeans want climate action