Dresden (dpa/sn) - According to the latest Saxony Monitor, people in the Free State are looking positively into the future despite difficulties. "You haven't lost your optimism during the pandemic, that's remarkable and surprised me," said Head of State Oliver Schenk (CDU) at the presentation on Tuesday in Dresden. After that, the atmosphere in Leipzig is at its best, while people in Upper Lusatia feel most left behind. Schenk sees the visible decline in resentment and group-related enmity among the population compared to 2018 as very positive. "It is important that you reinforce this trend."
According to the analysis, three quarters see their personal future as positive, as reported by Reinhard Schlinkert, Managing Director of the opinion research institute dimap. This is 85 percent for young people and 67 percent for older people. The findings of the Saxony Monitor were shaped in several places by experiences in the corona pandemic, but were largely unaffected by the Ukraine war, said Schenk. Between the beginning of November 2021 and mid-March 2022, a total of 2013 eligible voters were interviewed.
"Concerns and needs were already relevant before," said Constanze Geiert from the Saxony Monitor advisory board. Resentment values are still very high. What is striking is the decline in xenophobia, resentment towards Muslims and Sinti and Roma and with regard to homophobia. "A hard core remains stable, but the middle of society seems to be changing, we have to stabilize that," said Geiert. Instead of the strong minority that gets a lot of media attention, the focus should be on the large masses that are moving away from it. In any case, the results suggest that Saxony is not so different from the rest of Germany.
