Readiness to defend Germany in accident Attack on the country is not particularly widespread among citizens. Only 17 percent of Germany's citizens are ready to “grab the weapon in each case, which results from the response to the survey conducted by the Institute of Public Opinion of Forsa at the request of the RTL and NTV television stations published today (06/03/2025).
Gender bravery
In February, the answer to this question granted 19 percent of participants of a similar survey, and in November last year 17 percent.
Most, because 60 percent of survey participantsshe replied that “probably not” or “certainly not” would defend the German with a weapon in her hand. 19 percent of respondents replied that after the reflection “they would probably defend the country.”
The differences in opinions on this subject occur between men and women: 27 percent of men replied that they would “certainly” defend Germany, and only 8 percent gave such an answer among women. The vast majority (73 percent) women “probably not” or “certainly not” would defend their country in the event of war. The percentage of men who think similarly is much lower and amounts to 46 percent.
Education and views
The authors of the survey pay attention to the differences in the answers resulting from education. Answers confirming the absolute readiness to defend Germany with weapons in hand gave 27 percent people with primary education, 16 percent with secondary education and 17 percent with a higher one.
The differences also occurred in connection with the political views of the respondents. 24 percent of the Union supporters CDU/CSU and 23 percent of supporters Afd “Certainly” would grab the weapon to defend Germany in case they were attacked. This answer was given by 15 percent of SPD supporters, 10 percent of green supporters and only 8 percent supporters of the left party. 1002 people took part in the survey of the Forsa Institute.
(Kna/jak)
The article comes from the Deutsche Welle website