A significant portion of the residents of Germany are growing concerned and dissatisfied with the policies pursued by the coalition government of the country, according to the Insa survey. Only 11% of respondents expressed slight concern.
A little over a year after the coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) came to power, 84 percent of respondents expressed great or very great concern about the situation in the country. This is according to the results of the Sonntagstrend survey conducted by the Insa sociological institute on behalf of Bild am Sonntag (BamS) and published on Sunday, May 17.
At the same time, 64 percent of participants in the study believe that none of the possible coalitions can solve the problems in the country, and only 11 percent of respondents expressed "slight concern" about the current situation. 42% of Germans equally blamed the coalition parties for the government's weakness, 37% believed that the main blame lies with the CDU/CSU, and 14% with the SPD. Exactly half of the respondents in Germany believe that all the ruling parties are blocking the government's work.
Most Germans oppose the participation of AfD in the government
According to the Sonntagstrend survey, a relative majority of surveyed Germans are also negative about the idea of the far-right party "Alternative for Germany" (AfD) participating in the government: 47% of Germans opposed a complete refusal to cooperate with the AfD, while 41% of respondents supported cooperation with this party. Among CDU/CSU voters, two-thirds of those surveyed reject cooperation with the AfD.
Exactly a week ago, the "Alternative for Germany" scored 5 percentage points more than the CDU/CSU bloc in the weekly Sonntagstrend survey, according to the results of the previous weekly Insa survey commissioned by BamS. According to the results from May 10, 28% of respondents support the AfD, while the CDU/CSU bloc has dropped to 23 percent. This is the worst result for German conservatives in over four years.
Merz continues to be trusted by 33% of Germans
If the planned major reforms of the federal government in the field of taxation and social policy fail, 67 percent of respondents would like Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz to resign. Even among CDU/CSU voters, in such a situation, 46% would support a change of chancellor.
Of the alternative candidates for the role of head of government listed in the new Insa survey, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius achieved the best result: 29 percent of Germans believe he could implement reforms better than Merz. Exactly a quarter of respondents believe that the chairman of the Bavarian CSU, Markus Söder, could do it better, while 13% prefer the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hendrik Wüst. About a third of respondents are convinced that none of the proposed candidates could handle the task better than Merz.
The Insa survey involved 1,001 people from May 13 to 15.
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