Current Questions on Security (July 2025)

The survey on current questions on security has been conducted regularly since summer 2025 by the opinion research institute forsa on behalf of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government and is the continuation of the crisis monitor, which has been conducted regularly since calendar week 1/2023. The Crisis Monitor is in turn a continuation of the representative population surveys Trendfragen Ukraine (Trend Questions Ukraine) on the topic of Germany and the war in Ukraine, which were conducted regularly by forsa from calendar week 13/2022 to 50/2022. The individual question areas were adjusted depending on the survey period. During the survey period from July 7, 2025, to July 9, 2025, the German-speaking resident population aged 14 and older was surveyed in telephone interviews (CATI). Respondents were selected using a multi-stage random sample. Extent of concern about current developments in Germany, the war in Ukraine, the Middle East conflict, and the US; developments in Germany that cause the most personal concern (open question, coded answers); sense of security in Germany; reasons for the reduced sense of security in Germany (increasing crime, armed crime, violence, youth crime, foreigners and immigration, fear of the dark, economic situation, lack of awareness among citizens, politics, political events, wars, media coverage of crime and criminality, brutalization of society, lack of security forces, right-wing tendencies, general insecurity, other); perception of the German government´s recommendations for preparing for possible disasters; personal preparations made for a possible disaster in Germany; type of preparations made (open question, coded answers); assessment of the German response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine (support for Ukraine with weapons, economic sanctions against Russia, diplomatic efforts to end the war, financial support for Ukraine by Germany); assessment of Israel (Israel pursues its interests without regard for other peoples, Israel is a sympathetic country, Israel is an aggressive country, Israel respects human rights, Israel has no right to exist in the Middle East). Demography: sex; age (grouped); employment; education; party preference in the next federal election; voting behavior in the last federal election; income level low, medium, high (net equivalent income). The following were also coded: West/East region; federal state; weighting factor.