Overview
- Only 3.3% of respondents hold a clearly right‑wing extremist worldview, down from about 8% in 2022/23 and nearer to pre‑crisis levels.
- Confidence has eroded: 52% say democracy works, a record 24% disagree, about 18% distrust elections, and two in five lack trust in institutions.
- Roughly 20% sit in an ambivalent ‘grey area’; 15% favor rule by a strong leader and 25% back a single dominant party representing the ‘Volksgemeinschaft’.
- Group‑based hostility remains widespread, with over 30% expressing negative views of asylum seekers, 36% of the long‑term unemployed, 19% of trans people, and 17% endorsing Israel‑related antisemitic sentiment.
- Risk patterns are sharper among 18–34‑year‑olds (7% with a right‑extremist worldview), men, and those with lower education or income, while concern about climate change has fallen to 56%.