Most Germans are ready to give up Russian oil and gas to stop the war in Ukraine

The majority of Germans, namely 57%, are in favor of stopping oil and gas imports from Russia due to the war in Ukraine, even if this leads to problems with supplies in Germany, 39% of respondents oppose such a step. Such data from the Politbarometer poll for ZDF was published on March 11 by Tagesspiegel.

In particular, the embargo is supported by the majority of supporters of the SPD (62%), the CDU / CSU (56%) and the Greens (73%). The majority of supporters of the FDP (57%), AfD (78%) and the left (65%), on the contrary, want Germany to continue to receive gas and oil from Russia..

To ensure energy supply in the coming years, 92% of Germans prefer to rely on the accelerated expansion of renewable energy sources;. Another 56% of those surveyed support extended life of coal-fired power plants, while 41% oppose.

At the same time, 47% consider the sanctions against Russia to be fair, even if they harm the Germans, another 38% consider the sanctions insufficient, and 11% called them an exaggeration..

At the same time, compared to February, 67% of German citizens support the supply of weapons to Ukraine, and 29% oppose. At the same time, the majority of respondents (63%) continue to oppose the supply of heavy weapons to Ukraine, such as tanks, while 31% support such a step..

Also in Germany, there is a great fear of the escalation of the conflict outside of Ukraine - 75% are afraid that there will be another big war in Europe, 67% are worried that Russian President Vladimir Putin may use nuclear weapons, and 31% are sure that there is no such threat..

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The survey was conducted on March 8-10 by the Politbarometer analytical group among 1345 randomly selected respondents by telephone interview. Possible error is 2-3%.

Recall, the United States on March 8 banned the import of oil and gas from Russia. Similar decisions were made by Canada and the UK..