Germany’s support for Ukraine has become the most divisive issue among the country’s population, according to the results of the Polarisierungsbarometer survey published on Tuesday, 10 November.
The regular public opinion survey is conducted by the MIDEM research centre at Dresden University of Technology.
According to the findings, around 54% of respondents believe Germany should continue supporting Ukraine, while nearly 29% favour closer relations with Russia.
Approximately 17% of respondents were undecided.
On a scale from 0 to 10, 17.3% of respondents expressed an extremely pro-Russian position, an increase of 3.6 percentage points compared with 2025.
For a long time, migration was the most divisive issue in German society.
This year, attitudes towards migration remained largely unchanged, with two-thirds of respondents in 2026 supporting restrictions on the influx of foreigners.
Meanwhile, 50.9% of respondents considered the redistribution of wealth from rich to poor insufficient, while 25.5% believed it was excessive.
Regarding climate change, 43% of respondents said the measures being taken were insufficient, while 37.8% considered them excessive.
