ZDF “Political Barometer”
Survey on “cityscape” statement: majority agrees with Merz
The Chancellor received a lot of criticism for his statements in the “cityscape” debate. Now there is a picture of the mood from the population – and many agree with him.
According to a survey, Chancellor Friedrich Merz received overwhelming support from the population for his controversial statements about the “cityscape” and migrants in Germany.
When asked whether the CDU chairman was right with his statement, 63 percent of those surveyed in the ZDF “Politbarometer” said yes, while 29 percent said no. Significantly more older than younger people agreed with the Chancellor. In the 18 to 34 age group, only 42 percent answered yes, while among 35 to 59 year olds it was 70 percent and among people aged 60 and over it was 66 percent.
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Merz had said that the federal government was correcting previous failures in migration policy and making progress, “but of course we still have this problem in the cityscape, and that is why the Federal Minister of the Interior is now in the process of enabling and carrying out returns on a very large scale.”
Question
The specific question asked by the elections research group was:
“Chancellor Friedrich Merz spoke about the fact that there are problems with the cityscape in Germany. Merz has now specifically stated that there are problems with those who do not have a permanent residence status, do not work and do not adhere to our rules.
What do you think Friedrich Merz has with this statement… –
- right or
- Isn’t he right about that?”
Later he followed up and said: “Ask your daughters what I could have meant by that.” On Wednesday he then specified that problems would be caused by migrants who did not have permanent residence status, who did not work and who did not adhere to the rules in force in Germany. The survey was conducted on Thursday.
Cityscape debate: Majority feels safe in public places
In the ZDF “Politbarometer” more than two thirds of those surveyed said they felt very safe (20 percent) or somewhat safe (46 percent) in public places and places. 25 percent feel rather insecure and 8 percent feel very insecure. There are only slight differences between men and women.
According to only 18 percent of those surveyed, there are problems with refugees in their own area. 74 percent said there were not that big of a problem or no problems at all.
The Mannheim Elections Research Group surveyed 1,038 eligible voters on October 23rd for the ZDF “Political Barometer” on the topic.
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Source: Stern
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