Majority of Germans oppose sending tanks to Ukraine

45% of respondents to a YouGov survey spoke against delivering German Leopard 2 battle tanks to Kiev

Nearly half of Germans do not want to see the country’s Leopard 2 battle tanks handed over to Ukraine, a recent YouGov opinion poll has indicated. Kiev has been imploring Berlin for the hardware for several months now, to no avail.

Media outlet Das Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND), citing a YouGov survey, reported on Sunday that 45% of respondents opposed shipping Leopard 2 tanks to Kiev, while another 33% were in favor, with the remaining 22% undecided.

The poll, commissioned by Die Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA), also revealed that it is only among German Green Party supporters of the that the number of those backing sending tanks exceeds the number of skeptics, at 50% to 25%, respectively.

The figures look different among the other members of the traffic-light government coalition, 41% of supporters of the Social Democratic Party, to which Chancellor Olaf Scholz belongs, would not want German tanks delivered to Ukraine, while 40% would approve. Among the Free Democratic Party’s ranks, 42% are against and 33% are for.

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