German opinion split on proposed military mission to Ukraine
Germans are divided on the issue of sending the Bundeswehr on a peacekeeping mission to Ukraine. Forty-nine percent support this idea, while forty-four percent are against it, according to a Forsa survey for "Stern".
Germans are divided on the issue of sending Bundeswehr soldiers on a potential European peacekeeping mission to Ukraine. A survey released on Tuesday by the Forsa institute for the weekly "Stern" shows that forty-nine percent of those surveyed support the idea, while forty-four percent oppose it.
Seven percent of respondents had no opinion on the matter.
Differences among voters of different parties
The survey reveals significant differences in opinions among supporters of various political parties. Voters of populist parties, such as the left-wing Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (eighty-nine percent) and the right-wing Alternative for Germany (eighty-three percent), are clearly opposed to the Bundeswehr's participation in the mission.
On the other hand, supporters of the Greens (seventy-seven percent), the conservative bloc CDU/CSU (fifty-nine percent), the social democratic SPD (fifty-four percent), and the Left (fifty-two percent) are in favour of such a solution.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz, like many other European leaders, believes that the discussion on sending a European peacekeeping mission to Ukraine is premature.
