EN

Most Germans Support Government's Refusal to Arm Ukraine

Photo: focus.ua
Photo: focus.ua

Only 20% of Germans believe the country should heed Ukrainian authorities' calls for weapons supplies.

59% of Germans support the position of the German government, which has refused to supply Ukraine with lethal weapons. This is according to a YouGov poll, reports DW.

Only 20% of respondents believe it is necessary to heed the calls of Ukrainian authorities urging weapons supplies from Germany. Another 21% of respondents gave no answer to this question.

Supporters of all parties represented in the Bundestag oppose supplying Ukraine with lethal weapons. Among voters of The Left party, their share is 71%, followed by voters of the right-populist Alternative for Germany (67%), the Social Democratic Party of Germany (61%), which is part of the ruling coalition, and the conservative CDU/CSU bloc (56%), which is in opposition.

Less definitively than supporters of other parliamentary parties, voters of the two other ruling parties, Alliance 90/The Greens (55%) and the Free Democratic Party (54%), do not agree with supplying Ukraine with weapons.