Amazing corona study: It proves what Chancellor Merkel has always underestimated

Angela Merkel has recorded a new high in the survey since the Corona crisis.

Study results show why the Chancellor is so popular in her last year in office.

• On

  September 26

  are

  federal elections

  in Germany - Merkel is then no longer a choice.

• On January

  16,

  a new

  party chairman will be

  elected

  at the

  CDU

  party

  congress.

• Recently,

  Merkel was

  able to

  enjoy

  high approval ratings.

Berlin -

Angela Merkel

will leave the Chancellery this year.

At the end of her term of office,

Merkel

can

look back on terrific poll results.

A new study on the importance of political communication explains why the Chancellor

of all things, was able to score points with the Germans with their supposedly biggest weak point last year.

Angela Merkel: The last legislative period was marked by many setbacks

Merkel's

tenure in office was marked by many ups and downs.

The Chancellor suffered a lot of setbacks, especially at the beginning of her last legislative term.

The political consequences of the so-called

refugee crisis

and the steadily declining trust of the population in the

Chancellor

were among the reasons why Merkel announced in 2018 that she was renouncing the party leadership of the CDU.

2019 was also a year of defeats for the Chancellor.

Your party hit a new low and in polls was only 27 percent - a decrease of almost 6 percentage points compared to the 2017 federal election. In addition, speculations about the break of the grand coalition and political earthquakes such as the election of Thomas Kemmerich as the new prime minister made more difficult of Thuringia the affairs of state.

The corona pandemic makes Angela Merkel a crisis winner

The year of crisis 2020, of all things, the year that was to be a test for governments around the world, brought

Angela Merkel

an unexpected political comeback.

Contrary to her usual management style,

Merkel

clearly

positioned herself

and communicated the

corona measures

via various platforms.

A study from spring 2020, which was published in the "Journal of Public Health", examined the effects of political communication on the level of depression in Germany.

The study comes to the conclusion that

Merkel

could have contributed to “reducing anxiety and depression in the German population” through her open demeanor and speeches.

The

Spiegel

first took up

this in December.

Merkel's words alleviate depression levels in the population

As an example, the researchers

cited Merkel's

unscheduled televised address on March 18.

In this unusual speech,

Merkel gets

the population in the

right

mood

for the first weeks of the Corona crisis and speaks of the greatest challenge "since the Second World War".

The researchers establish a connection between the level of anxiety and depression and

Merkel's

televised

address

.

Accordingly, the curve rose from March 10th due to the closure of public facilities and border closings until March 18th and flattened sharply after the address.

"It is noteworthy that after the Chancellor's public address on March 18, the anxiety and depression levels fell significantly," said the head of the study, Martin Teufel.

Angela Merkel: The population likes Merkel's new style of government in the corona crisis

Merkel should also be amazed by the results

was

not noticed

before the

Corona crisis

because of her great visions or long speeches.

Rather, she only communicated the most necessary information and always kept a low profile in her speeches.

The former Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel describes Merkel's style of government during the

Corona crisis as

follows: "In principle,

Merkel

did not change during the crisis, but unlike in the past, she now says more often where to go." Meanwhile, the Union parties are 37 percent in one

According to the

ARD

Germany

trend,

Merkel's

approval

ratings

are

as high as they have been for a long time.

(

phf

)