Study: Majority of Germans are afraid of right-wing extremism – expert names causes. 50 percent of those surveyed said they were afraid of a division in society.
Extremism and the apparent or actual danger associated with it, as well as the feeling of insecurity and fear, are a “dangerous cocktail,” summarizes political scientist Isabelle Borucki. It is now the task of politicians to counteract this fear among citizens. “It’s not that people are alone, they are not alone,’ says political scientist and consultant on the study. ‘Civil society sees a concrete threat as a threat as well.’