ARD Germany trend: Only one third for a CO2 tax

to improve A CO2 tax is considered as a possible way, the German climate balance. However, a majority do not, as a result of the ARD-Germany-trends want you . Also interesting are the statements of the German to European elections.

By Ellen Ehni, WDR

a Good three weeks before the European elections the interest in the election is relatively high: 53 percent of citizens indicate an interest in the choice of a very strong or strong. According to a poll by Infratest dimap for the ARD Germany trend.

This is of interest for the current choice, by now, a good three weeks before the ballot - more people than for the 2014 European elections in the week immediately before the vote. Then, three weeks before the election, 35 per cent are interested in a very strong or strong for the choice. In the election week itself, it was 48 percent.

How strong are you interested in this European election?

After the election, it will also go to the occupation of the President of the European Commission. The CSU politician Manfred Weber, the top candidate of the EPP, would currently prefer 29 percent of respondents as the President of the Commission. Frans Timmermans, the Dutch EU Commissioner for the European social Democrats as the leading candidate in the race, prefer 26 percent. Twelve percent do not prefer any of the two and around a quarter (26 percent) state that they do not know one or both of the candidates.

A topic that is discussed on both the German and the European level is currently intense, the climate policy. A clear majority of 81 percent of very large or large recognise a need for action in terms of climate protection. 85 percent of the respondents are also of the view that no restrictions in life style, climate change can't be stopped.