A majority of 52 percent of Germans oppose the delivery of “Taurus” cruise missiles to Ukraine. The approval is greatest among the Green supporters, he shows ARD Germany trend.
Should Germany supply Ukraine with air-launched cruise missiles of the “Taurus” type? The Germans are divided on the issue, as they were recently in the debate about the delivery of combat aircraft. The new shows that Germany trend for the ARD morning magazine.
52 percent of eligible voters believe that Germany should not supply cruise missiles, which can be used against targets at longer ranges, to Ukraine, while 36 percent are in favour. At 40 percent, West Germans agree significantly more than East Germans (21 percent). Twelve percent cannot or do not want to position themselves on the question.
If you look at the party supporters, the greatest agreement can be found among the Greens: 68 percent are in favor of the delivery, 23 percent against. Among supporters of the FDP, at 56 percent, there is also a majority for the delivery, with the AfD having the lowest approval at 18 percent.
An almost split picture emerges among the CDU/CSU (45 percent for, 48 percent against) and above all among the SPD supporters: Among the Social Democrats, both 42 percent are for and 42 percent are against the delivery of the cruise missiles with which Ukraine says it does not want to attack any targets on Russian territory.
Divided echo also with cannabis plans
The Federal Government’s plans for the limited release of cannabis also met with a mixed response among German citizens. For 45 percent, the plan to legalize the purchase and possession of up to 25 grams of cannabis and the private cultivation of up to three plants is a step in the right direction. A similar number (44 percent) find such partial legalization wrong.
The following applies to this question: the older the respondents, the lower the level of agreement. Only every third person over 65 had a positive opinion, compared to every second person in the middle and younger age groups. Eleven percent cannot or do not want to position themselves on the question.
Voters with a high school diploma are more popular than those with lower educational qualifications.
There are also differences in the distribution of parties. While positive reactions prevail among supporters of the Greens (67 percent) and FDP (52 percent), the criticism is strongest among party members of the AfD (54 percent) and Union (52 percent). SPD supporters are divided in their judgment.
Sunday question: Hardly any changes
If there were federal elections next Sunday, the Union could defend its top spot and, as the strongest parliamentary group, would still have 27 percent. The AfD follows in second place and could, as in the previous survey, for the ARD Germany trend Book 21 percent for themselves.
While the Greens would lose a point to 14 percent after a recovery earlier in the month, the SPD (17 percent) and FDP (7 percent) could maintain their results. The traffic light parties would again clearly miss their own majority. The left would remain at 4 percent and would not be represented in the new Bundestag.
investigation facility
Universe: Eligible voters in Germany
Collection method: Random telephone and online survey
Survey period: August 15-16, 2023
number of cases: 1216 respondents (714 telephone interviews and 502 online interviews)
Weighting: according to sociodemographic characteristics and recollection of voting behavior; Sunday question with separate weighting
fluctuation range: 2 percentage points for a share value of 10 percent
3 percentage points for a share value of 50 percent
Implementing institute: infratest dimap
Results are rounded to whole percentages to avoid false expectations of precision. Because for all representative surveys, fluctuation ranges must be taken into account. In the case of a survey with 1000 respondents, these amount to around three percentage points for large parties and around one point for smaller parties. In addition, the rounding error is significant for small parties. For these reasons, no party below three percent is shown in the Sunday question.