German public says ‘jein’ to European security

A new poll* published in December 2017 showed that the German public was increasingly concerned with security, but was dismissive of its American security guarantor but unwilling to pay more to help Europe replace it.

Two key themes to emerge:

+ Germans are trying to find their way in a post-US Europe
+ Germans care more about security, but don’t understand it

* The Koerber foundation publishes an annual poll on the views of Germans on foreign policy issues.

• Primary Source

Körber-Stiftung: The Berlin Pulse 2017 https://www.koerber-stiftung.de/fileadmin/user_upload/koerber-stiftung/redaktion/berliner-forum-aussenpolitik/pdf/2017/The-Berlin-Pulse.pdf

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