Overview
- Seventy‑three percent of Germans now rate U.S.–German relations as poor, reversing last year’s 74% who called them good under Joe Biden.
- France is named Germany’s most important foreign‑policy partner by 46% of respondents, compared with 26% for the United States.
- Only about one third say they rely on the American nuclear umbrella, while roughly three quarters want protection from France and the United Kingdom.
- Thirty‑eight percent view the United States as an economic threat, more than doubling from 17% a year earlier.
- The war in Ukraine remains the top foreign‑policy challenge at 45%; the representative poll surveyed 1,503 adults in September 2025 before the Gaza ceasefire.