A majority of Germans support Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s (SPD) decision to also supply Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine in the war against Russia. In the “Politbarometer” published by ZDF and Tagesspiegel on Friday, 54 percent of those surveyed said they thought the step was the right one. 38 percent opposed it.
The majority of support for the delivery was therefore among supporters of the SPD (61 percent), FDP (55 percent) and CDU/CSU (64 percent). With the Greens it was even 75 percent. The decision was clearly rejected by AfD supporters (89 percent), and most supporters of the left (57 percent) also spoke out against it.
The assessments of those surveyed in West and East are also different: while in the West the majority of people in favor of supplying battle tanks are in favor (59 percent in favor; against 33 percent), rejection prevails in the East (in favor: 35 percent; against: 57 percent).
Is the danger of an attack on the West increasing?
Meanwhile, the consequences of the announced tank deliveries are assessed differently: 48 percent of all respondents believe that this will increase the risk of a Russian attack on western countries. Just as many don’t believe that. Supporters of the AfD assume such a risk particularly frequently (75 percent), those of the Greens less frequently (33 percent).
Most respondents gave the new Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) a leap of faith: a good two-thirds (68 percent) thought that Pistorius would do his job well (rather poorly my eight percent). The supporters of all parties also consistently have positive expectations.
SPD overtakes Greens, CDU strongest party
In the current “Politbarometer” from ZDF and Tagesspiegel, the chancellor party SPD has gained slightly and thus overtaken the Greens. If there were federal elections next Sunday, the Social Democrats could count on 21 percent of the votes, according to the survey published on Friday. This is one percentage point more than before. The Greens, on the other hand, would lose two points to 19 percent. As the third party in the traffic light coalition, the FDP would remain unchanged at six percent.
With 27 percent, the CDU/CSU would remain the strongest party. The AfD improved by one point to 15 percent in the survey, the left remained at six percent. This means that neither the traffic light coalition would have a parliamentary majority nor black-green. It would just about be enough for a coalition of CDU/CSU and SPD and clearly for an alliance of CDU/CSU, Greens and FDP.
The most popular politician was again Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck from the Greens. He is rated on a scale of plus 5 to minus 5 with an average score of 0.9. In second place is Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) with 0.8 ahead of Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) with 0.6. This is followed by Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) and Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) with 0.0. At minus 0.1, CSU chairman Markus Söder is slightly ahead of CDU leader Friedrich Merz at minus 0.2.
For the representative “political barometer”, the Mannheim research group polled 1,345 randomly selected voters by telephone from January 24 to 26. The error range is between two and three percentage points. (AFP)
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Source: Tagesspiegel
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