In December 2021, Olaf Scholz replaced then-Chancellor Merkel. Much has changed since then – and for the majority, not for the better.
Since the end of Angela Merkel’s chancellorship, many voters believe that conditions in Germany have worsened. This is the result of a survey by the YouGov opinion research institute. According to the survey, 61 percent of 2,030 respondents believe that conditions in Germany have deteriorated since Merkel’s withdrawal from politics. A quarter believe that they have remained more or less the same.
A majority of those who see a deterioration attribute this, at least in part, to the work of the traffic light coalition. 28 percent cite the “bad government” of Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD). 15 percent attribute the deterioration, in their view, to external factors. For more than half, both play a role.
On Wednesday, Angela Merkel celebrates her 70th birthday. The CDU politician was the first woman in the Chancellor’s office for 16 years.
According to YouGov, a total of 2,030 people were questioned online for the survey between June 28 and July 3, based on predetermined political quotas (age, gender, religion, voting behavior, education and political interest). The sample therefore represents those eligible to vote aged 18 and over.
Source: Stern
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