Majority of Germans think of Cooks demands as electoral manoeuvers

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Germany: Recent poll conducted on Cooks position of a harder stance against juvenile criminal immigrants indicates that it is being regarded by a majority of Germans as an electoral manoeuver

Nearly 2/3 of all Germans (64 percent) regard Cooks positioning of youth crime as a major topic as a sheer electoral manoeuver.

In einer am Mittwoch veröffentlichten Forsa- Umfrage für das Magazin «Stern» erklärten nur 25 Prozent, Koch sei es ein echtes, ehrliches Anliegen, wenn er jetzt ein härteres Durchgreifen gegen kriminelle jugendliche Ausländer fordere. Bei den Unions-Anhängern halten 54 Prozent Kochs Vorgehen für ein Wahlkampfmanöver, in Hessen sehen das 65 Prozent der Befragten so.

In a Forsa poll published on wednesday for the journal stern, only 25% declared, that it was a real and truthful concern for Cook to call for harder prosecution of criminal young immigrants. Among his own party members and fans, the conservative christ dems, 54% regard Cooks actions as an electoral manoeuver, in Hessia as a whole 65% think of it as such.






PIC:Cook exits his tour bus.