Corona crisis: survey draws a new Scholz picture - a change of course does not seem to be forgiven

Created: 01/17/2022, 11:45 am

Olaf Scholz (SPD) can look at the first surveys about his work as Chancellor.

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Olaf Scholz has not been Chancellor for that long, but there are already initial surveys of his performance.

The focus is on the mandatory vaccination debate.

Berlin – The government is new, the pandemic is still the same.

And the majority of Germans miss a clear course in corona policy in the new federal government under Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

At least that's what 71 percent of those questioned said in a current Insa survey for the

.

According to the survey, 23 percent feel the opposite, 6 percent did not provide any information.

61 percent of those surveyed also said that Scholz (SPD) shows too little leadership.

26 percent saw it differently, 13 percent of those surveyed gave no information.

The latest ZDF “Politbarometer” came to a different conclusion.

Here, 65 percent of all respondents said that Scholz was doing his job "rather well" as Chancellor.

"Anyone who orders a tour will get it," Scholz once said.

The traffic light and compulsory vaccination: CDU/CSU calls for “clear positioning”

However, the Union accuses the federal government of shirking a clear position in the event of a possible vaccination requirement.

As a background, she suspects different attitudes to the topic in the traffic light parties SPD, FDP and Greens.

In the Insa survey, 60 percent supported compulsory vaccination, while 33 percent were against it.

Seven percent did not provide any information on this.

A good week before taking office, Scholz had spoken out in favor of general vaccination after months of rejection and provided two dates on which it should come into force: "That's why I think it would be right if it applied to everyone from the beginning of February , early March.” According to critics, Scholz will now not be able to keep this announcement.

According to the new survey, the double change of course in a crucial point does not seem to have been forgotten.

That's why Union Scholz approached him again last week.

"I would like the Chancellor to present a draft law in any case," said the new parliamentary group manager Thorsten Frei (CDU) in the ZDF "Morgenmagazin" with a view to the debate about a vaccination law.

CDU politician Frei: "Scholz will not take the lead in the Corona crisis"

Scholz has repeatedly emphasized that he sees compulsory vaccination as a necessary measure in the fight against the pandemic. "And if he does that, then in the worst crisis of our time he also has to present a draft law and cannot stand on the sidelines with his arms crossed and wait to see what happens in parliament," said Frei. "The Chancellor does not take the lead in the crisis."

In the Bundestag, the obligation to vaccinate should be voted on without party pressure, the members of parliament are only obliged to their conscience.

The applications should be drawn up across factions.

Scholz' party colleague Karl Lauterbach warns of a high number of deaths and massive restrictions on hospital treatment in the current omicron wave.

"We are threatened with very difficult weeks in Germany," said the Minister of Health of the

.