One in twelve Germans shares a right-wing extremist worldview – 6 percent want a ‘leader’ UN Security Council: Lavrov does not show up at first ++ Scholz attacks Putin

According to a recent survey, right-wing extremist attitudes among the population have risen sharply: one in twelve people in Germany now share a right-wing extremist worldview, according to a study by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES), which was presented in Berlin on Thursday . . The share of respondents with a clear right-wing extremist orientation has increased significantly by eight percent, compared to two to three percent in previous years.

The study shows “that parts of middle society are moving away from democracy or have lost confidence in functioning institutions,” explained the chairman of the SPD-affiliated foundation, Martin Schulz:

The survey shows that more than six percent support a dictatorship with one strong party and one leader for Germany. 16 percent have a negative attitude towards ‘foreigners’. About a third of respondents – 34 percent – ​​also believe that refugees only come to Germany to benefit from the social system.

Confidence in democracy is below 60 percent

At the same time, confidence in the institutions and the functioning of democracy is falling to below 60 percent. At 38 percent, a significant portion of those surveyed represent conspiracy-believing positions. Populist and ethnic-authoritarian-rebellious sentiments are also common – among 33 percent and 29 percent of survey participants, respectively. Schulz explains:

The people rightly demanded a strong, effective and functioning state. But the democratic center itself is also called upon to clearly distance itself from anti-human attitudes.

Since 2006, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation has published a new edition of the so-called Mitte study approximately every two years. For the current study, a representative survey was conducted between January 2 and February 28, 2027.

(jam/sda/afp)