At a debate organised by Friends of Europe on Thursday 11 October, Spitzenkandidat candidate for the Christian-Democrat family in the European elections of May 2019 (see EUROPE 12108), Finland’s Alexander Stubb, has suggested reducing to 16 the age at which young people can vote in European elections.
Father of two teenagers, Stubb said he was dumbfounded at young people’s ability to think through the problems of our time, young people who "have the whole world in their hands"....