MUGGED BY REALITY: Massive Shifts After Cologne: Only 15% Believe Germany Should Take More Migrants.
According to a poll conducted by INSA for the Bild tabloid (g, paywalled) the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party is now Germany’s third-largest party, getting 11.5% of the vote. This means they’re ahead of the Greens, the Left, and the Free Democrats. The Social Democrats and center-right (35%) each lost a point, and the SPD is now at only 21.5%.
61% of Germans said that the events in Cologne changed their view of the migrant situation. When it comes to Merkel’s slogan: We can do it! (Wir schaffen das), only 29% believe Germany can successfully integrate the migrants who arrived in 2015. 66% believe it cannot.
Only 15% believe Germany should take in more migrants. This may be the most important number.