Faith in political parties, the media, and many state institutions at rock-bottom in Germany, with many saying they feel they could make better decisions than elected politicians and judges, research finds.

Most institutions are no longer trusted, a “bad sign for democracy”, interpretation of research in Germany states to have found.

Just 17 per cent of Germans trust political parties, and 22 per cent the media, research by the Allensbach Institute for Public Opinion Research finds. Of all the public institutions polled, the Federal Constitutional Court — the body of judges that sits above the national political system and ensures the post-Second-World-War constitution remains set in stone — remains the highest rated, but for the first time in the life of the survey even that is now fall

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