Bundescancer Olaf Scholz (SPD) and his traffic light coalition have fallen to their worst popularity ratings since taking office at the beginning of December. According to a survey by the opinion research institute Insa for “Bild am Sonntag”, 62 percent of people in Germany are dissatisfied with Scholz’s work, and only 25 percent rate it positively. At the beginning of March, only 39 percent were dissatisfied with Scholz’s work and 46 percent were satisfied.
The values for the traffic light coalition are also at a low point. 65 percent are dissatisfied with the work of the federal government, only 27 percent are satisfied. In March it was still 43 and 44 percent.
Sunday question: Union would land well ahead of the Greens
The Union parties can continue to gain favor with voters. According to Insa, the CDU/CSU come to 28 percent, which is one percentage point more than in the previous week. This puts the Union seven points ahead of the Greens, who reach 21 percent (minus one percentage point).
The SPD remains unchanged at 19 percent, the FDP loses one point to eight percent. This means that the traffic light together only comes to 48 percent.
The AfD is unchanged at twelve percent and the left at five percent. The other parties would get seven percent (plus one percentage point) of the votes.
25 percent for Habeck as chancellor
If there were a direct election of the Chancellor, Scholz would currently only come in third place. According to the survey, 25 percent would choose Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens), 19 percent for CDU chairman Friedrich Merz and only 18 percent for Scholz.
The Institute interviewed 1,427 people for the Sunday question. The maximum error tolerance is +/- 2.8 percentage points. 1002 people were asked about their satisfaction.