According to a survey, almost a third of people in Germany believe they live in a “sham democracy” in which the citizens have no say. The rate is even higher in eastern Germany.
According to a survey, almost a third of Germans question the political system in Germany. In a representative survey by the Allensbach Institute, 31 percent of participants said they lived in a “sham democracy” in which the citizens had nothing to say. The SWR commissioned the survey and published the results on Monday.
The east-west difference is striking. According to the survey, 28 percent of West Germany believe they live in a “sham democracy”. In the eastern German federal states, this opinion is held by 45 percent of those questioned. According to the survey, 28 percent of all Germans think that the democratic system in Germany should be “fundamentally changed”.
Survey: Almost a third of citizens believe they live in a “sham democracy”.
The Allensbach Institute conducted the survey on behalf of SWR for the documentary “Story in the first: Murder at the gas station – from protest to violence?” made, which should be broadcast on ARD on Monday evening. According to the broadcaster, the question is to what extent right-wing extremist sentiment, conspiracy theories and opinions that endanger democracy are widespread in connection with the protest against the Corona measures.
In September, a gas station employee was shot dead in Idar-Oberstein, Rhineland-Palatinate. It was the most serious crime known to date in connection with the corona pandemic in Germany. The 50-year-old is said to have shot his 20-year-old victim after a dispute about the mask requirement. The trial against him began in March.
The German Journalists’ Association is concerned
In a reaction to the publication of the survey results, the German Association of Journalists (DJV) expressed concern about the state of democracy and the effects on the work of journalists. Anyone who thinks they are only living in a “sham democracy” also considers “the basic right of freedom of the press to be an unnecessary luxury,” said DJV national boss Frank Überall in Berlin. Politicians should explain decision-making processes better to people.
Source: Stern
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