Analysis-EU election: Green leave the Union and the SPD look old

The Union is only for voters over 45 most powerful force in all of the younger the Greens are ahead. How can the success be explained? And why the SPD can't points at all? An analysis on the Basis of the Numbers of infratest dimap.

Holger Schwesinger, tagesschau.de, currently Berlin

the Green would cut strongly in the European elections, it was clear even before the election was clear. But it would be such a good result, probably many have, but then surprised the Greens itself. For the first time, they are a nationwide choice is clear in front of the "people's party" SPD. Where does the flight of the Greens, who have won the Bundestag election in 2017 of just 8.9 percent, and the smallest opposition group in the Bundestag to provide?

The Green votes come mainly from the better-Educated and - and that should be the deciding factor - of the Younger. The word "Younger" is here very relative. Because the border runs in the "mid 40's". In the case of all groups of voters, which lie underneath, the Green is clearly the strongest force. And it is true: the younger the voters are, the more you choose Green.

The Union is only in the over 60-Year-old is the clear number 1 in the 45 - to 59-Year-old delivers a head-to-head race with the Green. And overall, the Union is practically the polar opposite of the Green: the younger the voters, the less successful the Union.

And the SPD? She has lost in all age groups. In the case of the very young it is only in the single digits - just ahead of the satire party "die Partei". When looking at the future of the SPD-leadership thus has every reason to be nervous.