Arms Control and Disarmament Attitudes (Germany)

Topics: 1. Questions of domestic policy: judgement on the political development in the next few years; perceived influence of special interest groups on politics; primary differences of the most important parties; attitude to the form of the constitution of the Federal Republic; judgement on the current significance of National Socialism in the FRG. 2.

Foreign policy questions: attitude to German foreign policy and neutralizing Europe; judgement on the German-American relationship; expected changes in the status of Berlin; assessment of the chances of reunification and the development of relations with the East; attitude to a reduction in sovereignty for the benefit of international mergers; attitude to European integration. 3. Security policy questions: assessment of the reliability of NATO and the current military threat from the East; judgement on deterrence and the arms costs related to this; attitude to arms controls and the East-West treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons experiments; assumed impairment of security with arms limitations agreements; attitude to nuclear armament of NATO and the distribution of the right to vote of the members.