Overview
- A representative 2025 survey of 2,022 Berlin adults finds 86% still view democracy as the best system, the lowest share recorded since 2019.
- Forty percent also express openness to alternatives such as a strong leader, a one-party system or a dictatorship, including 17.6% who favor a leader.
- Antisemitic attitudes are more prevalent in Berlin than in West or East Germany, with a marked rise in Israel-related antisemitism since October 7, 2023.
- Specific findings include 35.6% agreeing Israel's policy is as bad as that of the Nazis and 47.7% preferring attention to current issues over the Holocaust.
- Antiziganism remains entrenched, with 30% viewing Sinti and Roma as not civilized and 45% saying their presence leads to conflicts, prompting officials to label the levels alarming.