Opinion poll
As a minister, the Germans do not find managers stupid
Karsten Wildberger has so far headed MediaMarkt and Saturn. Now he should become Friedrich Merz ‘digital minister. According to a survey for the star Many consider this to be a good decision.
The best known example in Germany is the entrepreneur Jost Stollmann so far. In the 1998 Bundestag election campaign, he was planned as Minister of Economy in the shadow cabinet of Gerhard Schröder (SPD). But even before the red-green government formation, he withdrew after a number of misleading statements. In 2005, Angela Merkel (CDU) tried it with the former constitutional judge and tax expert Paul Kirchhof, whom Gerhard Schröder mocked as “professor from Heidelberg” after unfortunate formulations.
Karsten Wildberger is the surprise candidate
Friedrich Merz went a completely different way. Before the election, he did not present a government team, but then surprised after the coalition negotiations with unusual personal details. The designated Minister of Economic Affairs Katherina Reiche has worked in the energy industry for many years, but as a former CDU member of the Bundestag is not a real career. Karsten Wildberger, the designated minister of digitization and administrative modernization, on the other hand: The doctor of physicists was only a management consultant and then manager in mobile phone and energy companies. Most recently, the Ceconomy AG trading group, which includes the MediaMarkt and Saturn. Long -time slogan: “I’m not stupid”.
The Germans don’t find the personnel stupid, but pretty good. Like a Forsa survey for the star As a result, the citizens trust political career changers from the economy. 66 percent are basically of the opinion that a manager from the Free Economy can prevail in Berlin politics and become a successful minister. 28 percent see it differently. 6 percent do not comment.
The fact that a manager in politics can be successful in particular suspect supporters of the CDU/CSU (83 percent), but also voters of SPD (73 percent) and the Greens (67 percent). The majority of the leftists are skeptical: 53 percent doubt that career changers from the economy will doubt.
The data was made from the Forsa market and opinion research institute for the star and RTL Germany Crew by phone on April 30th and May 2th. Database: 1000 respondents. Statistical fault tolerance: +/- 3 percentage points. This means that the survey is representative.
Source: Stern
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