A year after the traffic light took office, only a minority is satisfied with the chancellor's work. Even fewer, however, believe that the Union would do better. A large majority believes that governing is more difficult for the traffic light than for previous coalitions.
One year after the traffic light coalition was formed, only a minority is satisfied or very satisfied with the work of Chancellor Olaf Scholz. 36 percent of Germans express their views accordingly. 63 percent say they are less or not at all satisfied.
In November, both values were one point below. Overall, however, approval of Scholz has fallen significantly since the beginning of March. At that time he was 60 percent satisfied, only 33 percent disliked his work.
Only the supporters of the SPD (76 percent) are now mostly satisfied with Scholz's work. On the other hand, 53 percent of the supporters of the Greens, and 69 percent of those of the FDP, are not satisfied with Scholz's work.
At the same time, however, a large majority of 88 percent of Germans is of the opinion that, given the current crises, governing is more difficult for the current coalition than it was for previous governments. 27 percent think that governing is "much more difficult" for the current government, 32 percent think it is "much more difficult" and 29 percent think it is at least "slightly more difficult" than for previous governments.
Only 9 percent feel that governing is no more difficult for the current federal government than for previous governments.
SPD supporters in particular believe that governing is more difficult for the traffic light coalition than for previous governments - 39 percent of SPD supporters say that governing has become "a lot more difficult", 37 percent say it has become "a lot more difficult". . But a total of 60 percent of Union supporters say that the government is "much more difficult" or "much more difficult" for the traffic light.
As in August, only a minority of Germans (23 percent) currently believe that a federal government led by the CDU with Friedrich Merz at the helm could handle the current crises better than the traffic lights. A large majority of 63 percent do not think so. 14 percent do not dare to make an assessment.
Even among the supporters of the CDU/CSU, only just under half (49 percent) believe that a federal government led by the Union would cope better with the current crises. 38 percent of Union supporters do not believe that. Among the FDP supporters, 33 percent say that a CDU/CSU-led federal government can handle the current crises better. 64 percent of FDP supporters do not share this view.
41 percent of Germans have the impression that there are more disputes between the current governing parties in the traffic light coalition than between the CDU/CSU and SPD in the previous governing coalition. Only 10 percent believe that there is less trouble in the current coalition than in the grand coalition. 40 percent see no difference between the two government alliances on this point.
A fairly large number of supporters of the Greens and the FDP also believe that there are more clashes at the traffic lights than in the previous government made up of Union and SPD - 41 percent each share this view. 16 percent of Greens supporters and 8 percent of FDP supporters see less contention in the current coalition. 51 percent see no difference among SPD supporters, 30 percent currently perceive more arguments.
Last week, 72 percent of Germans said that Angela Merkel was one of the most important chancellors in the history of the Federal Republic. Only 11 percent of Germans currently believe that Olaf Scholz has what it takes to become one of the most important chancellors in the Federal Republic. On the other hand, 84 percent of all Germans do not trust Scholz to do this. Only 5 percent have no opinion on this question.
A majority of SPD supporters, 62 percent, also do not believe that Scholz has what it takes to move up to the ranks of the country's important heads of government. Only 32 percent of SPD supporters believe this.
The data was collected by the market and opinion research institute Forsa on behalf of RTL Germany on December 2nd and 5th, 2022. Database: 1004 respondents. Statistical error tolerance: /- 3 percentage points.
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