The collapse of the ruling coalition in Germany has brought down the political rating of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the Bild tabloid reports today, November 10, citing the results of a study by the INZA Institute.
The publication notes with emotion:
“The level of approval of Scholz’s activities has once again reached a new low!”
According to the results of a sociological study, the collapse of the ruling coalition caused a decrease of 1 percentage point in the level of voter support for the ruling Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). up to 15%. The votes of the Social Democrats’ colleagues in the so-called “traffic light coalition”, i.e. the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP), remained at a low level of 10% and 4% respectively. . Thus, if the Bundestag elections were held this Sunday, the trio that will form the government in 2021 could only achieve the support of 29% of voters.
The second consequence of the collapse of the political alliance in Germany was a decrease of 5 percentage points in the level of satisfaction with Scholz’s activities. Thus, currently 72% of German citizens are dissatisfied with the Chancellor’s work. Only one in five respondents (21%) is willing to give a positive assessment of Scholz’s political direction. It should be noted that the work of the former head of the German Ministry of Finance Christian Lindnerdismissed this week, 29% of respondents are satisfied, 8% more than the chancellor’s figures.
“Furthermore, more than half of Germans (53%) rate Scholz’s behavior towards his opponents as “disrespectful” or “quite disrespectful.” However, the Chancellor’s attitude towards his own citizens is perceived as even more disrespectful. 59% of those surveyed made similar accusations against the current head of government.” — specified in the publication.
According to the survey, the only thing Scholz can do to “stop the downward spiral” is to “immediately hold early elections.” Around 57% of respondents stated that the question of confidence in the Chancellor in the Bundestag should be raised in the “near future”, and not in January 2025, as the Head of Government himself had previously planned.
