People cross a street in Berlin, capital of Germany, on March 24, 2022. (Photo by Stefan Zeitz/Xinhua)
Around 31 percent of the German population believe that they live in "a pseudo-democracy in which people have no say," said a nationwide survey by the Allensbach Institute.
BERLIN, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Germans are having decreasing trust in their democratic system, according to recent surveys by German institutions.
Around 31 percent of the German population believe that they live in "a pseudo-democracy in which people have no say," said a nationwide survey by the Allensbach Institute.
It showed that 28 percent of the respondents believe that their democratic system needs to be fundamentally changed.
Researchers said the results indicate that almost a third of Germans question their democratic system.
A man casts his ballot at a polling station in Berlin, capital of Germany, Sept. 26, 2021. (Xinhua/Lu Yang)
Another survey by the Bertelsmann Foundation this year also showed a sharp fall of Germans' trust in their democratic institutions and satisfaction with democracy two years after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In summer 2020, 45 percent of the surveyed said they trusted the federal government. But in February 2022, only 18 percent said so.
The proportion of people being satisfied with democracy in Germany also dropped from 61 percent to 42 percent during the same period, said the survey. ■
