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Recognize Palestine as a state? Half of Germans are against it
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Madrid: The Socialist-led government has announced the recognition of Palestine as an independent state
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Some European countries now want to recognize Palestine as a separate state. The idea is met with rejection here. Only the supporters of one party have a completely different opinion.
Norway, Ireland and Spain have announced that they want to recognize Palestine as an independent state. The majority of Germans are against following this example, according to a Forsa survey for Stern. 50 percent of citizens are against recognition at this point in time, 38 percent are in favor and 12 percent do not dare to make an assessment.
Wagenknecht voters in particular have sympathy for Palestine
The federal government fundamentally supports a two-state solution in the region, but rejects recognition at this point as “symbolic politics”. This course is supported by a clear majority of voters of the traffic light parties – and also by supporters of the Union. 52 percent of supporters of the SPD and the Greens are against recognition, and 59 percent of FDP supporters are against it. Voters of the CDU/CSU see things similarly (52 percent). Only the majority of supporters of the Sahra Wagenknecht alliance are in favor of following the example of Norway, Ireland and Spain: 58 percent are in favor of recognition.
The data was collected by the market and opinion research institute forsa for stern and RTL Deutschland on May 22 and 23, 2024. Data basis: 1004 respondents. Statistical error tolerance: +/- 3 percentage points