Survey on Thuringia
CDU passes law with AfD votes: majority of Germans think this is right
MPs from the AfD and the CDU take part in a vote in the plenary hall of the Thuringian state parliament
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The vote on property tax in Thuringia last week brought the CDU heavy criticism. In a survey, a clear majority supports the party’s approach.
Last week the CDU announced a reduction in property taxes Thuringia also prevailed with votes from the AfD faction around Björn Höcke. There was heavy criticism for this. According to a Civey survey, a majority of German citizens support the Union’s actions. 55 percent of those surveyed found it “right” or “rather right” that the CDU and FDP passed the law together with the AfD.
Approval was particularly high at 98 percent among AfD supporters, but also among Union voters, three quarters of people think that the party did the right thing. Among FDP supporters it is still almost 60 percent. Rejection of the approach was particularly high among SPD (76 percent) and Green voters (81 percent).
Civey has from September 15th. Around 5,000 German citizens aged 18 and over were surveyed online by September 18, 2023. The company collects data in its own online panel with around one million verified and monthly active participants. The results are representative due to quotas and weighting, taking into account the reported statistical errors, in this case 2.5 percentage points (overall result).