Rightwing extremist views increasingly widespread in Germany, study finds
by Kate Connolly in Berlin from World news | The Guardian on (#6EYQ0)
Findings show 8% of population have extremist attitudes, while 16.5% accused Jewish people of wanting to take advantage' of Nazi past
Rightwing extremist and anti-democratic attitudes are becoming increasingly widespread in Germany, according to a study examining the public's political views.
Commissioned by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, which is closely affiliated with the Social Democratic party, the study showed that 8% of the population had a distinctly rightwing extremist view of the world, a rise of between 5% and 6% on previous studies, while the centre middle" was becoming ever more receptive to misanthropic positions".
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