Bert Rürup: Young people are rebelling – but when it comes to the most important issue for the future, they remain silent

Dusseldorf. “Gen Z takes care of things” – this is the motto under which young people across Germany will demonstrate again this Friday.

The initiators, about whom little is known, call on the movement's website for "a policy that invests in education, social security, health, climate protection and affordable living instead of making savings for the younger generation."

The demands reflect real and legitimate concerns: high rents, fears for the future and the feeling of being neglected by politicians.

A Forsa analysis shows how deep the disappointment with the government is among many young people: “The Left” is the most popular party among voters between the ages of 18 and 29; She would get 26 percent of the votes nationwide from this group of voters.

The AfD would receive 23 percent, the Greens 16 percent, the SPD ten percent and the Union nine percent.

It is striking that the demographic imbalance in the statutory pension insurance, despite its enormous importance, hardly mobilizes those particularly affected.

There are no protests from the young, who have to bear the greatest burden of population aging - although there is reason for this.