One in ten Germans apparently believe their country needs a new Fuhrer - a word which literally means a strong leader and a less democratic parliament. A study by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation also discovered that a quarter of those polled sympathise with nationalist or racist sentiments. It claims the small number of votes for the far-right doesn't reflect the real attitude among many Germans. In what looks like a marked rise in xenophobic views, a third said foreigners should be sent home if there wasn't enough work, while one in six said Jews have too much power. Johannes Kies, who conducted the study, says far-right attitudes are deeply-rooted in German society.
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