Overview
- The Insa survey, published Saturday by Bild am Sonntag, finds 70% of eligible voters unhappy with Chancellor Friedrich Merz and 73% dissatisfied with the CDU/CSU–SPD government.
- In weekly voting intention known as the Sonntagsfrage, AfD leads with 26% while the CDU/CSU stands at 25%, with the SPD at 14%, the Greens at 13%, and The Left at 10%.
- Discontent reaches into the governing parties’ bases, as 69% of SPD voters and 56% of CDU/CSU supporters say the coalition is doing a poor job.
- Support for Merz is weakest in East Germany, where only 12% approve of his work and 80% express dissatisfaction.
- Party leaders from the CDU, CSU, and SPD plan weekend talks on energy prices and a reform program after weeks of criticism over rising household costs and public coalition quarrels.