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The nice Lars Klingbeil? This is how the Germans think about the SPD boss
Lars Klingbeil could be the next Vice Chancellor. So far, his image was rather pale. But with a property, the SPD leader Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz make it clear.
In a black and red federal government, Lars Klingbeil could become finance or foreign minister- and vice chancellor. However, the Germans have no clear picture of the new strong man of the Social Democrats. This shows the property profile, the Forsa for the star Reduced irregularly for top politicians and has now determined for the first time for the chief negotiator of the Social Democrats.
Lars Klingbeil can at least talk
Only in the question of whether he is in an understandable way does Lars Klingbeil convince more than half of the Germans. After all, 41 percent consider him “sympathetic”. He cuts off better than last Olaf Scholz (37 percent) and Friedrich Merz (16 percent). At 49 percent, however, the CDU boss consider almost twice as many to be “strong in leadership”. Lars Klingbeil only assesses around a third of the Germans as “competent” (36 percent) or “trustworthy” (33 percent).
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The deficits of the SPD and its boss are particularly evident in one point: 27 percent of Germans say that Klingbeil knew what people are moving. Olaf Scholz was just as bad. In the voters of the SPD, Klingbeil can expect significantly more positive values. He is 73 percent “personable” and 65 percent find him “competent”. But also your own supporters only say 47 percent that the SPD leader is “strong in leadership”. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, the second strong man of the SPD, arrives significantly better on his own base.
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The data was made by the market and opinion research institute Forsa for the star and RTL Germany raised by phone on March 13th and 14th. Database: 1006 respondents. Statistical fault tolerance: +/- 3 percentage points. This means that the survey is representative. The comparison data for Scholz and Merz date from October 2024 and January 2025.
Source: Stern
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