Germans do not believe in Ukraine’s victory in the war

International Group Report Tasnim News Agency According to Germany’s “NTV”, the results of the latest survey by Forsa Institute show that Germans are only willing They are to defend their land in case of war. Accordingly, currently only 38% are ready to defend Germany with weapons in case of attack. Differences between gender and age groups are significant.

Most German citizens are not ready to take up arms to defend their country

Some time ago, Boris German Federal Defense Minister Pistorius spoke about the country’s need to prepare for war and for the Federal Republic to be in a position to “defend an attack” and asked citizens to prepare for this purpose.

There was little change compared to the same survey from November 2023. At the time, 17 percent said they would “definitely” want to defend Germany, but now that number is 19 percent. At that time, 61 percent were not ready to do so.

The results of this survey also show that what is remarkable is that men are much more willing to defend their country than women: 23 percent of Women say they are “definitely” or “probably” willing to do so, compared to 54 percent of men. In addition, the desire to defend oneself decreases with higher formal educational qualifications.

Supporters of the Green Party with 35% are the least willing to defend their country in the event of an armed attack. The greatest willingness, with a total of 49 percent, is found among supporters of the Christian United party union.

By age group, a total of 45 percent of 18-29-year-olds say “definitely” or “probably.” They will be ready to defend their country. In the age group immediately after 30 to 44 years, a total of 34% say this. 44 percent of people between the ages of 45 and 59 had this opinion.

These data were collected by Forsa market and opinion research institute on February 22 and 23 from about a thousand participants.

Most Germans believe that Ukraine cannot win a war with Russia

The results of another poll by the Forsa Institute show that women and East Germans are particularly worried. that Germany may be dragged into the war in Ukraine; Men and West Germans are less concerned. The majority of Germans believe that Ukraine cannot win the war.

Only a minority of Germans believe that Ukraine can win the war against Russia even with more support from the West. This was the result of a Forsa Research Institute survey for RTL. In response to the question “Can Ukraine win a war with more weapons and ammunition than the West?” Only 35 percent answered yes.

At 57 percent, more than half of those surveyed believe that Ukraine has no chance of winning the war even with a significant increase in support. Supporters of the Greens (59 percent), the Social Democratic Party (51 percent), and the Liberal Democrats (50 percent) responded positively to this. Among supporters of the Union of Christian United Parties, only a minority of 41 percent say that Ukraine can win the war with much more weapons and ammunition; 52% do not believe this.

When it comes to whether you are worried that Germany will be “drawn directly into the war in Ukraine”, Germans are split into two equally large groups in their assessment. become When asked, 50 percent said they were very or very worried. Another 50 percent answered that they were less worried or not worried at all.

Accordingly, East Germans, older people over 45 years old, women and supporters of the Social Democratic parties, the Union of Christian United parties and the radical Alternative Party For Germany, they are especially worried about this issue. West Germans, young people between 18 and 44, men and supporters of the Greens and Liberal Democrats are mostly less worried or not worried at all.

The Forsa poll for the Astern weekly also showed that the French president’s plan to send Force to Ukraine 76 percent said it was true that the federal government had categorically rejected the use of ground forces. 18% do not think that the deployment of NATO forces in the war between Ukraine and Russia is wrong. 6% did not comment.

The data on the war in Ukraine was collected by the market research and opinion institute Forsa on behalf of RTL on March 1 and 4. Data on opinions related to the debate on the deployment of ground forces in Ukraine on February 29 and March 1 were collected among 1,006 eligible respondents at the request of RTL and Stern Weekly.

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