Germany debates peacekeeping role as public opinion splits
Germans are divided on the issue of sending the Bundeswehr on a peacekeeping mission to Ukraine. Forty-nine per cent support this idea, while forty-four per cent 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 per cent of those surveyed support the idea, while forty-four per cent oppose it.
Seven per cent 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 per cent) and the right-wing Alternative for Germany (eighty-three per cent), are clearly opposed to the Bundeswehr's participation in the mission.
On the other hand, supporters of the Greens (seventy-seven per cent), the conservative bloc CDU/CSU (fifty-nine per cent), the social democratic SPD (fifty-four per cent), and the Left (fifty-two per cent) are in favour of such a solution.
Like many other European leaders, Chancellor Olaf Scholz believes that the discussion on sending a European peacekeeping mission to Ukraine is premature.
