Since President Donald Trump ruled the USA, Germans go increasingly at a distance from the big brother America. This is evidenced by the opinion poll commissioned by the Körber Foundation.
The Germans have many reasons to be the United States and grateful. The United States for the Marshall plan, ties to the West, the support of the reunification, and much more. However, on the historical friendship of a darker shade: US President, Trump falls brings the Germans to change their foreign policy priorities.
According to a study by the Körber Foundation, you will see America still as the second-most important Partner, behind France. But only 35% are of this view; a year ago it was 43 percent. The policy of the United States makes, on the contrary, more and more German. 28 percent see the transatlantic relationship as the biggest foreign policy challenge (to 2017: 19%). Is topped by the Worry Barometer, second only to the refugee and migration policy.
A majority wants to increase the military spending
73 percent of Germans rate the bilateral relations as somewhat bad to very bad.
This is a strong increase compared to the previous year (56 per cent). Vice versa, by the way the Americans see the relationship to Germany with 70 percent as rather good to very good. This was a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, in cooperation with the Körber Foundation. Apparently, the Americans, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s policy to appreciate more as your President.
The angry, especially that the Federal government from a point of view is to little money in the defence. At this point, many German Trump give surprisingly quite: Impressive 43 percent increase in the defence budget (in 2017: 32 percent). 40 percent want spending to remain the same (2017 51 percent), 14 percent want to reduce it.
Also, Europe is making the Germans Provide
But also in the immediate neighbourhood, the Germans see little reason for joy. The increasing populism and nationalism, as well as the Brexit murky, apparently, the views of the European Union. Thus, 63 per cent say that the EU is on the wrong track, only 32 percent see a positive effect.
77 percent see the cohesion among the EU members weakened. And the Nations that make the Germans responsible for that, don’t you want to come.
Two-thirds say that the British after its EU-exit has no special should have rights. Only 31 percent are for a privileged partnership from the UK. And Hungary and Poland, if the Germans, for her to pull out of the European system of values punished. 74 percent of Germans are of the opinion that the Federal Republic should make for sanctions, such as, for example, the reduction of EU funding.