Angela Merkel's fourth term of office is drawing to a close.
They too feel that the population is currently not satisfied with the policies of the Union.
Berlin / Munich - At the end of her chancellorship, Angela Merkel threatens to lose the favor of the Germans.
At least that is what current polls suggest.
The majority of citizens are apparently of the opinion that the term of office of Germany's most powerful woman was too long.
A full 65 percent of those questioned expressed this assessment in a representative survey by the Civey Institute on behalf of
Spiegel
.
Angela Merkel has been Chancellor for too long - two thirds think
The results vary according to voting behavior: 97 percent of AfD voters are of the opinion that Merkel was in office for too long. Apparently, the second most frequent aversion from FDP voters (86 percent) is to the Chancellor, who has held the post since 2005. Followed by supporters of the SPD (66 percent) and voters of the Greens with 60 percent. After all, every second Union voter (49 percent) is of the opinion that Angela Merkel should not have directed the fortunes of the Federal Republic of Germany for 16 years.
The 66-year-old is in the final months of her fourth legislative period and will give up her post after the federal election in 2021.
According to the survey, more than two thirds of the people in this country would like a time limit for the term of office of the Chancellor.
Various CDU politicians and Chancellor candidate Annalena Baerbock recently called for a corresponding regulation.
Regarding the question “How should the terms of office of Federal Chancellors be regulated in the future?”, The Civey survey gave the following concrete results: 47 percent were in favor of a limitation of two terms of office of four years each, 23 percent for a limitation of two terms of office and five years.
Only 22 percent were satisfied with the current regulation.
Armin Laschet as the Union's candidate for chancellor?
Many citizens are skeptical
And there is another blow to the neck for the Union: That Armin Laschet will enter the race for the formation of a government in autumn as the final CDU candidate for chancellor does not seem certain to the people of the country.
That at least suggests another survey that the opinion research institute Insa carried out on behalf of the Schweizer
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
: 31 percent of those questioned were of the opinion that Laschet would be replaced as a candidate for the Union before the federal election - this thesis was recently also in Polit -Talks to hear.
By contrast, 29 percent of the people see the NRW state chief sitting firmly in the saddle.
According to the current electoral trend, Merkel's successor will be taken over by another party anyway.
The Greens are doing well in the polls.
Even within the Union voters, numerous citizens (36 percent) are of the opinion that Laschet will be exchanged for a party member in the coming months.
Interestingly, voters are apparently more skeptical of Laschet as they get older: Among respondents between the ages of 18 and 29, 21 percent doubted the candidacy, while the figure rises to 36 percent for people aged 60 and over.
Meanwhile, in an interview, Armin Laschet presents his visions for Germany - and says: "The Greens think too one-dimensional for me"
(PF)
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