Overview
- A representative Forsa poll for DAK-Gesundheit finds 67% of adults say social togetherness in Germany is bad or very bad.
- Negative views are strongest in the northwest, where 71% describe cohesion as poor.
- The share judging the climate poor is about six percentage points higher than last year.
- Across the past three years, 77% say the social climate has worsened, while 3% see improvement and 19% see no change.
- Respondents report more insults and disrespect (86%), more aggressiveness (81%), more egoism (79%), and more intolerance or exclusion (76%).