The Green Party Congress in Berlin confirmed Annalena Baerbock as the first Green candidate for Chancellor with an overwhelming majority.
At the same time, 678 of 688 online delegates on Saturday confirmed the role of the two party leaders Baerbock and Robert Habeck as the top election duo – this corresponds to 98.55 percent of the votes cast. The delegates decided on both points in a single vote.
After Baerbock’s nomination, the Greens initially enjoyed a poll high. In the Sunday question, they came to up to 28 percent and were sometimes even ahead of the Union, which at that time was struggling with the mask affair and the leadership dispute between CDU leader Armin Laschet and CSU chairman Markus Söder. Baerbock’s personal values have also collapsed since then: In a recent survey, when asked about direct election of the Federal Chancellor, she was behind CDU Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet and SPD applicant Olaf Scholz. The great approval in the vote on Saturday is therefore also a signal of unity.
Polls generate criticism
For three and a half weeks, however, their own mistakes have been a burden for the Greens. First it became known that Chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock had reported extra payments to the Bundestag. Then there was criticism because she and her party had to correct misleading information in Baerbock’s curriculum vitae several times. Habeck, in turn, caused confusion with demands for the delivery of “defensive weapons” to Ukraine. The state elections in Saxony-Anhalt, where the Greens were only able to improve slightly to 5.9 percent, did not provide any new momentum either.
In polls, the Greens fell last, while the Union, as the front runner, was able to increase the gap. The research group Elections sees the CDU / CSU in the ZDF Politbarometer published on Thursday at 28 percent and the Greens at 22 percent. The ARD Germany trend, also published on Thursday, also places the Union at 28 percent and the Greens at 20 percent. (cat / SDA)