If there were federal elections next Sunday, the Slightly improve SPD again to 20 percent (+1 percent), CDU/CSU would deteriorate to 28 percent (-2 percent), as would the greens to 16 percent (-1 percent). This emerges from the current political barometer from the Tagesspiegel and ZDF.
The AfD could increase according to the survey by two points to 17 percent and would be ahead of the Greens. The FDP would remain unchanged at six and the Left at five percent. The traffic light coalition would still no longer have a parliamentary majority.
In the survey, more than half of the respondents were dissatisfied with the work of the federal government. 51 percent believe that the government does its job rather poorly. 41 percent rate the work as rather good.
Expectations of a government led by the Union are no better. 22 percent believe the CDU/CSU would do better, 25 percent say “worse” and for 48 percent there wouldn’t be a big difference.
Defense Minister Pistorius remains the most popular politician
34 percent see the FDP as responsible for the fact that many of the federal government’s projects are progressing only slowly. That is more than at the end of March, when it was only 29 percent. 19 percent blame the Greens and only three percent the SPD. On the other hand, 37 percent of those surveyed see the blame in everyone.
The most popular German politician is still Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius (SPD). On a scale of plus 5 to minus 5, it is rated at 2.0. Chancellor is in second place Olaf Scholz (SPD) at 0.5, which has improved significantly after its record low in early May (and third place Foreign Minister Annalena Bärbock (Green) at 0.0.
Finance ministers are in negative territory Christian Lindner (FDP) at minus 0.1, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) also at minus 0.1, CDU chairman Friedrich Merz at minus 0.3, behind CSU boss Markus Soder at minus 0.4, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) is at minus 0.5.
Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) falls from fourth to ninth with its worst value of minus 0.6. At the end of the list is still Sarah Wagenknecht (Left) at minus 1.4.
Above all, the dispute over the new heating law is currently causing a dispute in the federal government. In general, 56 percent of those surveyed think it is good that heating systems that are newly installed from 2024 should be operated with at least 65 percent renewable energies. 39 percent reject this, including almost half (49 percent) of the supporters of the CDU/CSU and 79 percent of the AfD.
The survey was conducted by the Mannheim research group Wahlen between May 23 and 25, 2023. 1,257 randomly selected voters were called and interviewed. Both landline and mobile phone numbers were taken into account. The survey is representative of the voting population in Germany. (juw)
Source: Tagesspiegel
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