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On Thursday, the new federal government will be in office for 100 days.
The traffic light coalition of SPD, Greens and FDP has been under great pressure since it started on December 8th.
Above all, the reactions to the corona pandemic and the war in Ukraine determine the work of the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD).
How does an interim balance for the traffic light turn out? Where has the coalition been convincing and where is it weakening?
An Allensbach survey commissioned by the left-liberal think tank Das Progressive Zentrum is now providing initial answers.
For the representative survey available to SPIEGEL, the pollsters interviewed 1,001 people personally between February 24 and March 8.
The statistical inaccuracy of the survey is up to 3.2 percentage points.
Particularly striking: only a few respondents associate the government with leadership (16 percent), good crisis management (20 percent) and good communication (18 percent).
The authors point out that these values increased during the survey period.
On February 27, Scholz announced an about-face in German foreign and security policy in a special session of the Bundestag.
The core of the speech was a special fund for the Bundeswehr in the amount of 100 billion euros, a commitment to NATO's two percent target and to the procurement of combat aircraft and armed drones.
According to the survey, there is growing support for Scholz.
According to this, at the beginning of March 39 percent of those surveyed agreed with his policy, while in mid-February it was only 23 percent.
According to the information provided, 47 percent of those surveyed associate the new government with progress, more than half attest to the will to renewal and long-term goals.
Almost 50 percent have the impression that climate protection is progressing faster with the new government.
However, according to the study, a majority is also convinced that climate policy will increase social disparities in the country.
The authors point out that the survey was created under the impression of the war in Ukraine and rising energy prices.
Almost every second person (49 percent) anticipates personal disadvantages, in the East it is 61 percent.
"People give the traffic light government a considerable leap of faith in climate policy," says the managing director of the Progressive Center, Dominic Schwickert.
"At the same time, there are widespread fears that the climate policy measures will lead to social upheaval." According to Schwickert, the government will only be able to secure support for a consistent climate policy if it addresses the issue of distribution more closely.
There is a striking difference when assessing the pace of climate policy.
According to the survey, 44 percent of SPD supporters think it is appropriate.
While many FDP supporters (34 percent) think things are going too fast, 39 percent of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen supporters said they think the pace at which the government is driving climate protection forward is too slow.
