Nathalie Tocci

“It's quite something. They kept going and going, for more than two years. What sticking power will these new European street demos have? That's not yet clear.”

Nathalie Tocci · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-29

Tocci pointed to the student-led protest movement in Serbia, which she said persisted for more than two years and defeated long-standing leader Aleksandar Vucic in parliamentary elections.

“We tend to think of youngsters as politically switched off and disinterested. We think they don't bother to go out to vote etc, but they are truly engaged,”

Nathalie Tocci · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-29

Tocci argued that young people are truly politically engaged, just in a more grassroots way.