Gerhard Schröder: The majority sees meetings with Vladimir Putin negatively

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The majority sees Schröder’s meeting with Putin critically – the greatest approval among left-wing and AfD supporters

Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder met his friend Vladimir Putin in Moscow last week – for the second time since the Russian President ordered the illegal attack on neighboring Ukraine at the end of February. Schröder confirmed this in an exclusive interview star and RTL/ntv on Wednesday at star PLUS appeared and this Thursday also in print star is to read (here you can order the current issue or download it as an e-paper).

Survey on Gerhard Schröder’s meeting with Vladimir Putin

The majority of people in Germany apparently have no understanding for this type of meeting. According to a representative survey by the opinion research institute Civey on behalf of the star 52 percent of those surveyed rate it as negative or rather negative that the SPD politician is continuing to meet with the Kremlin ruler. 31 percent consider these meetings to be positive or rather positive.

Broken down by party preference, the survey shows that voters for the AfD and the Left Party in particular approve of the former chancellor’s actions. It meets with the greatest rejection among supporters of the Greens. A relative majority of the supporters of Schröder’s party, the SPD, also rated the meetings with Putin as negative or rather negative.

Many people in Germany doubt that Schröder’s talks with Putin will lead to a solution to the Ukraine war or the energy crisis. A representative Forsa survey commissioned by star and RTL/ntv on Wednesday, only a minority of 22 percent of those questioned believe that the former chancellor could influence the Russian president in the event of possible mediation attempts. 64 percent think this is out of the question.

The opinion research company Civey interviewed a total of 5027 people via an online panel for the survey on August 3rd and 4th. Depending on the question, the statistical error tolerance is 2.5 or 7.4 percentage points.

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