Two-thirds of Germans are dissatisfied with the political system, particularly in the former eastern states
Two in three Germans are dissatisfied with how democracy functions in their country, according to the latest Leipzig Authoritarianism Study, conducted by researchers at Leipzig University in cooperation with the Heinrich Boll Foundation and the Otto Brenner Foundation.
The findings, published on Wednesday, show that satisfaction with democracy as experienced in everyday life has fallen to just 33.3%, down from 42.3% in 2024. It is the lowest level recorded since researchers began measuring the indicator in 2006.
Discontent is particularly pronounced in the former East Germany, where only 22.8% of respondents expressed satisfaction, compared with around 36% in the west.
More than half of Germans expressed at least some sympathy for either “nostalgic idealization of the past” or “apocalyptic expectations of the future,” according to the study.
The survey involved 2,507 respondents interviewed between March 16 and June 3.
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