STERN survey
What does Friedrich Merz plan to do as Chancellor? The Germans would like to know this more precisely
Taxes down? Retirement age up? All hands back in the Bundeswehr? Friedrich Merz avoids precise statements. Even CDU voters would like it to be more specific.
According to surveys, the Union’s candidate for chancellor currently has the best chance of leading the next federal government. Friedrich Merz apparently doesn’t want to scare anyone away before the early federal election on February 23rd. Whether raising the retirement age, lowering taxes or reintroducing compulsory military service – for a few weeks now, the CDU party leader has been expressing himself more cautiously than was previously usual from him.
Friedrich Merz should say more openly what he plans to do
Two thirds of Germans are now demanding that Merz be more specific and say what policies he would pursue as chancellor. This was the result of a Forsa survey commissioned by star. Only 24 percent of Germans have the impression that the CDU/CSU candidate openly states what policies he would pursue from the Chancellery. Ten percent do not comment.
Even 55 percent of CDU and CSU voters say that their own candidate leaves citizens unclear about many of his ideas. The proportion is even larger among supporters of the SPD (83 percent), Greens (71 percent), AfD (76 percent) and BSW (83 percent). The majority of FDP voters alone are of the opinion that Merz is specific enough (47 to 46 percent).
Chancellor Scholz wants to face the vote of confidence in the Bundestag on December 16th. If he loses the vote – as planned – the path to new elections will be cleared. The CDU and CSU have announced a joint election program for December 17th. Merz and the CDU have been advertising with the slogan “Forward again” for several days. Maybe then you will know a little more precisely what that means.
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The data was compiled by the market and opinion research institute Forsa star and RTL Deutschland by telephone on December 5th and 6th, 2024. Database: 1006 surveys. Statistical margin of error: +/- 3 percentage points. The survey is therefore representative.
Source: Stern
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