The result is surprising: According to RTL/ntv’s “Trendbarometer”, a majority of Germans fear that the war in Ukraine will spread to other countries if weapons continue to be supplied. Many consider Scholz’s course to be correct.
If you look at the comments and analyzes in the media over the past few days, you quickly get the impression that the federal government’s Ukraine policy has failed hopelessly and that its chancellor is hopelessly overwhelmed. Commentators accused the federal government of acting far too hesitantly and of isolating itself in foreign policy.
To what extent the massive criticism was justified, the historians of the future may judge. In the eyes of the voters, the chancellor’s political course is apparently not as disastrous as it is often described. In any case, 56 percent of those questioned in RTL/ntv on Tuesday said that the Ukraine war would spread to other countries if weapons continued to be supplied, while 39 percent did not share the assessment. Only a minority, 26 percent, believed that the war could be won militarily; 63 percent see an end to the war ultimately only achievable through negotiations and a diplomatic solution.
The majority of those surveyed believe that Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD)’s line in the Ukraine crisis is correct – regardless of the demands from the Union, but also from the governing coalition for more decisive action and more arms deliveries. 65 percent think the chancellor’s course, which is more in favor of a cautious approach coordinated with NATO, is good; 26 percent are in favor of a tougher approach.
Majority against immediate energy embargo
Of the supporters of the Union parties, 50 percent are in favor of tougher action in the Ukraine conflict, but 43 percent of Union supporters are more in favor of the Chancellor’s line.
With regard to the topic of energy, 38 percent of those surveyed believe that Germany should completely do without Russian natural gas, even if this leads to bottlenecks and a considerable increase in price. On the other hand, 56 percent said that Germany should not do without it completely. The majority of supporters of the Greens are still in favor of completely dispensing with Russian natural gas.
The greatest concerns among Germans are currently the financial burden of rising prices and a possible escalation of the war in Ukraine into a third world war (65 percent each). In third place comes concern about a threat to the energy supply as a result of the Ukraine war (47 percent).
Corona is also a concern
A third of Germans (33 percent) are also more concerned that there could be a new corona wave. Comparatively fewest (19 percent) do Germans express concerns about social problems caused by the large number of refugees from the Ukraine.
From April 22 to 25, the Forsa Institute surveyed a total of 1,007 German citizens. The statistical margin of error was given as three percentage points.
Source: Stern
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