Overview
- A YouGov survey for WELT AM SONNTAG reports 58% of respondents support the chancellor’s assessment, with 21% opposed.
- Among SPD supporters, 50% agree with the statement and 29% label it a taboo breach, while 13% choose neither.
- Support is highest among CDU/CSU voters at 82% and AfD voters at 79%, and is lowest among Greens and Left voters who mostly reject the remark.
- Backers increase with age and are more prevalent in rural and suburban areas than in city centers, though a slim majority of urban residents also agree.
- Nationwide protests continue as 60 prominent women urge a focus on women’s safety without racist framing and SPD city MPs advance an eight-point inner‑city plan that omits illegal immigration.