The survey was conducted on October 7-8, 2025 by the SW RESEARCH agency using the online interview method (CAWI – Computer-Assisted Web Interview) on the SW Panel online panel. As part of the study, 844 surveys were conducted with a nationwide sample of adults. Quota sampling was used – the sample was representative in terms of the total distribution of gender, age and size class of the place of residence.
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In an interview with the Hungarian online channel “Partizan”, Merkel announced that although the 2015 Minsk Agreement “wasn't perfect” and Russia “never really complied with it”, it “provided some reassurance”. Thanks to this, Ukraine could “gather its forces and better defend itself” between 2015 and 2021.
The former leader of the German Christian Democrats said that in June 2021 she had the impression that Putin “no longer takes the Minsk agreement seriously.” Therefore, together with French President Emmanuel Macron, she “wanted a new format” to “talk directly as the EU to Putin.” — But not everyone supported it. First of all, the Baltic states and Poland were against it because they were afraid that there was no common policy towards Russia, Merkel said.
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Angela Merkel's words caused a storm. Poles judge the former chancellor harshly
Merkel's statement was met with strong criticism from both Polish politicians and political commentators. SW Research, in a new survey commissioned by Onet, asked Poles the following question: “Do you think that Angela Merkel's policy towards Vladimir Putin when she was the Chancellor of Germany was too mild?”
It turns out that as many as 73.2 percent respondents said that Merkel's policy towards Russia was too lenient. 10.3% disagree with this statement. subjects.
However, 16.5% have no opinion on this matter. Poles.
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