Back in the late 1980s (still in West German times), if you'd gone and measured skepticism...it would have been fairly low on the public scale of Germans. Over the past twenty years....throwing in unification since the 1990s....economic woes....taxation....the social media business, and public news....skepticism has grown to a great extent.
If you drag out immigration, asylum or the reviews required for visa approval....the majority of Germans just aren't that trusting in the system created. If the candidate applied and failed the visa process....the system is built to deport the failed candidate, but the public skeptical view is that it marginally functions.
Crime control now involves added police (10,000 to be hired by the end of next year)....but skepticism exists, and some suggest that extra cops will have little if any effect.
Trust in the news media? It's probably less than at any point since WW II. The younger generation (those under thirty) will tell you that they never watch public TV (ARD, ZDF) news.
The environmental business? There's more skeptical views taken now, than five years ago. More questions are asked. Presently, with the Greta-crowd, there's still a trend with teenagers believing things, but I expect by 2025....some will ask direct questions and skepticism will be a major problem.
Skepticism over banking and finance? It grows year by year.
Skepticism over car companies being truthful and reliable? Growing as well.
Skepticism over railway operations and being on time? Gets worse every year.
Skepticism over public safety, violent threats on local streets, drug sales, and assault statistics? Gets worse every year.
The problem here is that the politicians are screwed. They can't resolve many of these problems unless you take some enormous steps, which would anger certain elements of society.
So down the line....over the next decade....the biggest problem facing Germany, will actually end up being skepticism, and the lack of public trust to resolve problems.
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