In France, the Greens was set to win 12-12.7 percent of the EU vote, up from 8.9 percent in 2014. His counterpart in France, Yannick Jadot, also hailed it as a "green wave in which we are the main players." In the days running up to Sunday's vote, Merkel's party had also come under fire from prominent YouTuber Rezo whose blistering online attack over climate policy went viral. According to ZDF's exit poll, 33 percent of under 30s voted Green, while only 13 percent picked the CDU in Sunday's EU vote. Another poll by Infratest found that one in three first-time voters gave their vote to the Greens.

Source: Bangkok Post May 26, 2019 20:03 UTC