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The acrid immigration debate sparked this summer by former Bundesbank board member Thilo Sarrazin has apparently had an effect on the German public. A poll released on Wednesday showed that one-tenth want a "Führer," while one-quarter admitted to strong xenophobic attitudes – up from one-fifth in 2008.
The poll, presented in Berlin by the Friedrich Ebert foundation for political education (FES), showed that xenophobic views are taking a greater hold among the German public than previously.
The 10 percent who wanted a "Führer" said that this person should "govern with a hard hand for the good of Germany" and believed a dictatorship to be a "better form of government."