Only every fifth German is currently satisfied with the work of the federal government. If there were a federal election next Sunday, the chancellor’s party would come According to the ARD Germany trend, the SPD shared second place with the AfD. A record for the partly right-wing extremist party.
Meanwhile, satisfaction with the traffic light coalition has reached an all-time low. According to ARD Deutschlandtrend, only 20 percent of Germans state that they are very or satisfied with their work. That’s a drop of eight percentage points from the previous month of May and that weakest result of the traffic light coalition since the beginning of the cooperation in December 2021.
84 percent of Germans are therefore of the opinion, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) must set the direction of his government more clearly. His popularity ratings are also falling: only one in three respondents says they are satisfied with their work – 66 percent say the opposite. Far more popular is his party colleague and Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius. 53 percent say in the ARD Deutschlandtrend that they are very or satisfied with his work.
Linke fails at five percent hurdle
In the Sunday question, the SPD achieved 18 percent – and thus the same as the AfD. Both parties improve slightly. According to WDR, the AfD has only reached this value once. In an ARD Germany trend in September 2018.
Most recently, polls had confirmed that the AfD was flying high: A Forsa survey at the beginning of May saw the federal party at 16 percent – sharing third place with the Greens. Another survey by the institute at the end of May came to 17 percent. An opinion trend in the “Bild” sees the party in the east as the strongest force.
The largest opposition party, the CDU, deteriorated slightly, but would be the clear winner with 29 percent. According to the ARD Germany trend, the Greens would come to 15 percent – a drop of one percentage point. The FDP remains at seven percent. The left would miss entering the Bundestag with four percent.
The biggest point of criticism of the traffic light coalition of SPD, Greens and FDP is according to the ARD Germany trend long decision making the government partner. 83 percent say so. Only one in three says that Germany is in good hands with the current government. (tsp)
Source: Tagesspiegel
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