US EditionDoes Merz Do Better than Merkel? New Rtl Survey Delivers Surprisingly Clear Results
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The political style of which CDU head of state is better: Angela Merkel or Friedrich Merz? RTL and ntv have investigated this question in a new survey - with surprisingly clear results.
More than 40 percent of Germans believe that Friedrich Merz governs Germany worse than Angela Merkel. Another survey shows that if the Union were to follow a political course of the middle, it could be 8 percentage points stronger than currently.
These figures are likely to create little enthusiasm for Friedrich Merz: almost three quarters of the Germans are opposed to a new candidate for chancellor of the CDU politician. Even with supporters of the Union, Merz is more unpopular than ever.
Bitter "gift" for the German Chancellor ahead of his seventieth birthday
According to a poll, only 16 per cent would advise the Union to rejoin an election campaign with Friedrich Merz. Even among party supporters, the support is low.
Just 18 percent of Germans would support Chancellor Friedrich Merz's decision to seek re-election, according to a new poll released today. The survey, conducted by the Forsa Institute for RTL television, shows that 73 percent of respondents would not welcome a possible candidacy by the leader of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU) in the 2029 federal elections. Even among supporters of the Christian Union (CDU/CSU), 41 percent of respondents ar…
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- 40% of the sources lean Left, 40% of the sources lean Right
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