Survey on the federal election after Laschet-Lacher: Union hardly feels the incident, "but it does him personal harm"

Armin Laschet smirked while Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier spoke about the devastating consequences of the flood disaster.

Is the slip noticeable in favor of the voters?

Munich / Berlin - It was a fateful moment of inattention. Union Chancellor candidate Armin Laschet smirked, laughed with the people around. Meanwhile, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier gave a speech on the consequences of the devastating flood disaster, which prompted top politicians to travel to the Rhineland. At least 160 people have lost their lives in the raging floods, and thousands of homes have been crushed by the water masses. And Armin Laschet laughs.

"That was a big mistake.

The criticism is justified, and therefore I am also very happy that Armin Laschet has credibly apologized several times, ”said party colleague Wolfgang Bosbach in the podcast of the

.

But did Laschet's slip harm the Union in the pre-election campaign?

The current

survey suggests the opposite.

Survey results confirm Union growth - Greens are also increasing

As the

survey on behalf of the

shows, Armin Laschet has not harmed the Union with his inappropriate behavior.

In the July 19 poll, the CDU / CSU rose by one point to 29 percent.

The Greens are also increasing in favor of the voters.

Although they are still far from their interim top result in April (28 percent,

), at 18 percentage points they are better than the last survey.

The SPD loses half a percentage point and is now 16.5 percent, as is the FDP (12 percent).

The left has to tremble about entering the Bundestag: With six percent, the party is currently barely making the jump over the five percent hurdle.

Survey result: CDU / CSU rises in favor of voters - Laschet's popularity falls

"The Laschet-Lach-Gate is currently not damaging the CDU / CSU in the Sunday issue, but it is harmful to Laschet personally," said

boss Hermann Binkert opposite the

. Armin Laschet loses in the approval ranking and slips to eleventh place. For comparison: Markus Söder is the second most popular politician in Germany after Angela Merkel, while the SPD candidate for Chancellor Olaf Scholz is fifth. (

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