Fifty-seven percent of young Europeans say they prefer democracy. Twenty-one percent say they would support an authoritarian government under certain circumstances. Only 6% believe their political system is currently functioning well. These are the results of a survey of 6,703 young people across seven European countries conducted in 2024. The preference for democracy is becoming more conditional, and the electoral consequences are already visible.

Levant was a name historically applied to the eastern Mediterranean coastal lands of Asia Minor and Phoenicia (modern-day Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon). In a wider sense, the term can also be used to encompass the entire coastline from Greece to Egypt.