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Should Germany build its own atomic bombs to protect Putin?
Whether the United States would defend Europe with atomic bombs in the future has become doubtful under Donald Trump. But the majority are against the nuclear upgrade of Germany.
Since Donald Trump has been in the White House, it has become doubtful whether the United States would also defend Europe with nuclear weapons against an attack from Russia. So far, the atomic deterrence is based not only on American intercontinental rockets, but also on smaller nuclear warheads with which Tornado aircraft from the Bundeswehr could be equipped as part of the nuclear participation. That is why it is now being discussed whether France should Europeanize its nuclear weapons or even upgrade Germany itself.
Most Germans do not want their own atomic bomb
A Forsa survey on behalf of the star Now shows that 64 percent of the citizens are against the construction of a German atomic bomb, 31 percent speak for it. 5 percent do not comment. Compared to February 2024, however, the number of supporters increased by four percentage points.
The regional comparison is striking: 78 percent of East Germans, but only 61 percent of West Germans speak against their own nuclear weapons. The highest resistance among the supporters of the left (74 percent), the Greens (68 percent) and the AfD and the SPD (65 percent each). The voters of CDU/CSU are most likely to support the construction of a German atomic bomb: 41 percent are for it, 55 percent against it.
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Legally, the hurdles for atomic bomb construction would be high. Germany signed the nuclear weapon locking contract and also committed to reunification in the 2+4 contract. The expected Chancellor Friedrich Merz had said on the subject in an interview with Deutschlandfunk: "Germany will not and may not have nuclear weapons themselves." It will stay that way. One topic, however, is the nuclear participation with France and Great Britain, which have their own, albeit a small number of atomic long -range missiles.
The data was made by the market and opinion research institute Forsa for the star and RTL Germany raised by phone on March 6th and 7th. Database: 1001 respondents. Statistical fault tolerance: +/- 3 percentage points. This means that the survey is representative.
Source: Stern
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