Nearly two-thirds of Germans surveyed would like to have Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (both SPD) as Chancellor instead of Olaf Scholz. A quarter are against it, about one in ten people (eleven percent) do not know.
Recently, the Defense Minister was one of the most popular politicians in Germany according to surveys. According to the Insa survey, if the chancellor were directly elected, one in four people would be in favor of Pistorius. However, a change from the incumbent Chancellor to Pistorius is considered very unlikely.
23 percent for Merz
A more likely scenario would be a duel between the incumbent Scholz and a challenger Friedrich Merz (CDU). In direct elections, Merz would receive 26 percent of the votes, Scholz three percentage points less (23 percent). Significantly more respondents (43 percent) do not want either politician to become chancellor.
If Germans had to choose between Merz and Pistorius, the vast majority (39 percent) would not be in favor of either candidate. In fact, the Chancellor is not elected directly, but by the Bundestag.
According to an infratest survey, 82 percent of respondents are less or not at all satisfied with the current coalition of the SPD, the Greens and the FDP (see video above). The elections for the next Bundestag are expected to take place in late summer or autumn 2025.
Source: Krone
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