One-Quarter of Germans Want a Right-Wing Authoritarian Dictatorship
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The electoral successes of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) indicate a clear trend: prejudice, intolerance and extreme right-wing attitudes are increasingly pronounced. What does this mean for democracy?
The University of Leipzig has presented its new authoritarianism study. While the support for democracy is decreasing, the proportion of people with an extreme right-wing view of the world is increasing.
Satisfaction with democracy in Germany has reached a low. At the same time, the past is idealized and the longing for an apocalyptic break with the present is expressed. Also, the authoritarian desire for a strong party and anti-Semitic statements are experiencing high approval values. These are central results of the Leipzig Authoritarianism Study 2026, which was published on Wednesday, [...] The Post Leipzig Authoritarianism Study 2026: The gr…
Only one third – in the East only one in five – thinks that democracy in Germany works well, and a majority wants a radical change.
The German confidence in a functioning democracy has fallen to a new low point. In the Leipzig Autoritarianism Study 2026 presented in Berlin on Wednesday, the acceptance of democracy as an idea fell for the first time since the beginning of the study series in 2002 to less than 90 percent (89.3 percent). This is mainly due to a massive loss of confidence among East German respondents (85.7 percent), according to the scientists. According to the…
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