Germany's politicians are in crisis mode during the corona pandemic. Meanwhile, the latest surveys show the political situation in the Federal Republic.
- The Federal Republic of Germany is concerned with the corona virus *.
- Politics are particularly in demand in times of crisis. In this respect, new survey values show a surprising result.
- Here you will find our guide to reporting and the Corona News from Germany. You will also find the current number of cases here.
Berlin - In times of the corona pandemic , crisis management is particularly in demand. The politicians involved are under greater scrutiny than in everyday political life. The crisis also offers the opportunity to strengthen one's own party - or to weaken it in the negative.
Election polls in times of the corona crisis: Söder is popping out
Markus Söder (CSU) is currently proving the former. The Bavarian Prime Minister seems to stand out with his decisions these days. According to the latest surveys by the polling institute "Insta", this brings the CSU man a record value . Never before has a politician been more popular than Söder in the poll that was launched in January 2019. So is Söder even a candidate for chancellor?
Because overcoming the corona crisis is first and foremost task of the acting government consisting of CDU and the SPD, it is currently difficult for the opposition to advance their party. This is also reflected in the latest survey values. The Greens are no longer just losing and feeling the SPD in the neck.
Election polls in times of the corona crisis: SPD moves past Greens - Union clearly at the top
The SPD has moved past the Greens in second place in the RTL / ntv “Trend Barometer” for the first time since September 2018 . Compared to the previous week, the Social Democrats rose by one point to 17 percent according to the poll published on Saturday, while the Greens lost one point (16 percent). The CDU and CSU remained clearly in first place, gaining one point and now came to 37 percent.
AfD (9 percent), Left (8 percent) and FDP (6 percent) remained unchanged. The Union could currently form a government with both the SPD and the Greens.
Sunday question about the Bundestag election • Forsa for RTL / n-tv: CDU / CSU 37% | SPD 17% | GREEN 16% | AfD 9% | THE LEFT 8% | FDP 6% | Other 7%
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A survey conducted on behalf of the Bild am Sonntag comes to a somewhat differentiated picture. Accordingly, the SPD and Greens are on par with 18 percentage points each . In the study carried out by Kantar, the Union achieved only 33 percent, the AfD 11, the Left 9 and the FDP 6 percent.
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