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Press reactions to the Thuringia Monitor 2024

The Departments of Political Science and Sociology conducted the Thuringia Monitor survey again in 2024. The results were made public on 6 May 2025 at the government press conference and are available on the State Chancellery’s website (linkExternal link; an overview can also be found on the KomRex website (link de)). A report by MDR (linkExternal link) focuses primarily on the low level of trust Thuringians have in the federal government, as well as their dissatisfaction with the functioning of democracy. Furthermore, the results are said to reflect a rise in populism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia, as Migazin (linkExternal link) also emphasises. Katharina König-Preuss, spokesperson for anti-fascism for the Left Party faction in the Thuringian State Parliament, describes the results of the latest Thuringia Monitor as a “wake-up call” (linkExternal link)

On 7 May, the Thüringische Landeszeitung reported in three articles (Vogel, Elena: TLZ, 7 May 2025, pp. 1–2) on a “growing gap between fundamental support for democracy and actual satisfaction with how it is implemented in practice”. Furthermore, trust in the federal government is low, whilst trust in the state government has seen an increase. Similar aspects are highlighted in other media reports, such as in the online magazine of Stern (linkExternal link) or a report by jenatv (linkExternal link). Both Die Zeit (linkExternal link) and Antenne Thüringen (linkExternal link) report on the basis of the dpa news report (dpa:250506-930-505649/3).

The Thüringen Monitor has been conducted annually since 2000. For this year’s survey, 1,817 Thuringians were interviewed by telephone and online.

25 June 2024

Telephone survey for the 2023 Thuringia Monitor: "Political Culture and the World of Work in Times of
Polycrisis and Skills Shortages" at the CATI laboratory of the Institute of Sociology

Link to the report (in German): https://thueringen.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Landesregierung/Landesregierung/Thueringenmonitor/Politische_Kultur_Thueringen_bf.pdfExternal link

Link to the government press conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz-3pBjOpZAExternal link

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25 June 2024

Telephone survey for the Growth Report on the business situation of the Thuringian photonics industry, conducted at the CATI laboratory of the Institute of Sociology

Link to the report (in English): https://photonicsreport.optonet.info/?lang=enExternal link

02 June 2023

Telephone survey for the 2022 Thuringia Monitor: ‘Political Culture in Urban and Rural Areas’ at the CATI laboratory of the Institute of Sociology

Link to the report (in German): https://thueringen.de/fileadmin/user_upload/TSK/TM2022_lang_bf.pdfExternal link

Link to the online discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7IhjrCCYMQExternal link

On the government statement by Minister President Bodo Ramelow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdgVzmg6RqMExternal link

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07 December 2021

Telephone survey for the 2021 Thuringia Monitor: ‘Democracy during the COVID-19 pandemic’ at the CATI laboratory of the Institute of Sociology

Link to the report (in German): https://thueringen.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Landesregierung/Landesregierung/Thueringenmonitor/Thu__ringen_Monitor_2021_bf.pdfExternal link

Link to the online discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1GlVavK5GAExternal link

In the press:

https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/thueringen-22-prozent-der-einwohner-verharmlosen-coronavirus-a-aa1b549d-ec92-491d-8527-9d23b75d33d0External link

https://www.zeit.de/zustimmung?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zeit.de%2Fnews%2F2021-12%2F05%2Fthueringen-monitor-antisemitische-haltung-weiter-verbreitetExternal link

19 April 2021

Telephone survey for the Growth Report on the business situation of the Thuringian photonics industry, conducted at the CATI laboratory of the Institute of Sociology

For regular updates on the completed survey: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6789889702922072064External link