Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe BERLIN, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- German citizens are the most pessimistic of all Europeans about the future, the German Statistics Office reported. Young people and eastern Germans have the most pessimistic views, but most Germans have negative views of their current living situations, Deutsche Welle reported. Advertisement Social Science Research Center director Jurgen Kocka said the discrepancy between Germans' reality and their pessimistic views is likely due to the fact that their standards of life are significantly higher than their European counterparts'. The study showed that only 29 percent of Germans believe their income is enough for a comfortable lifestyle -- vastly lower than Sweden's 54 percent and the 64 percent reported in Denmark. The report found that most Germans are dissatisfied with their country's attempts at democracy and would support socialism as a possible alternative, Deutsche Welle said.
