An annual survey interviewed 2,000 people across Germany, sampling a cross-section by voting behavior, education, income, and origin. The Friedrich Ebert Foundation conducts the research to detect anti-democratic trends. Nearly 80% of respondents said they are staunchly committed to democracy, a 6% increase from four years earlier. Only 3% of respondents hold a firmly right-wing extremist worldview, a substantial decline. Andreas Zick noted that the center has become more stable and slowed support for right-wing extremism. Seventy percent view the rise of right-wing extremism as a threat, and a large part of society views democracy and diversity positively.
"The researchers for Germany's "Mitte Studie" ("Center Study"), however, turn their attention away from the dazzling personalities and the fringes, to examine those who form the backbone of a democratic and open society, looking at their attitudes toward right-wing extremism, xenophobia and antisemitism. The study, conducted annually since 2006 by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, which is associated with the center-left Social Democrats, aims to serve as an early warning system for anti-democratic developments."
"Contrary to all expectations and despite of the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, support for overt right-wing extremism in Germany is on the decline: only 3% of respondents have a firmly right-wing extremist worldview significantly less than in the past. "The center has become more stable. It has slowed down support for right-wing extremism," Andreas Zick, director of the Institute for Conflict and Violence Research at Bielefeld University, told DW."
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