Status: 07.01.2024, 20:00 PM
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Olaf Scholz (right) and Boris Pistorius during a meeting of the Federal Cabinet at the Federal Chancellery. © Kay Nietfeld/dpa
The Minister of Defence is one of the most popular politicians in Germany. According to a recent poll, many want Pistorius as chancellor instead of Scholz.
Berlin - According to a survey, almost two-thirds of people in Germany would like to see a change of chancellor from Olaf Scholz to Boris Pistorius (both SPD).
The defense minister, who has recently regularly been in the lead in surveys of the most popular politicians, should replace Scholz at the head of the government in the legislative period running until 64, according to 2025 percent in a survey by the opinion research institute Insa for the "Bild". 25 percent are against it, 11 percent don't know. However, such a change is generally considered very unlikely.
According to the survey, a slightly more likely scenario, a duel between incumbent Scholz and a challenger Friedrich Merz (CDU), would be close to Merz, whom 26 percent would prefer in a direct election of the chancellor. For Scholz would be 23 percent. What's more, 43 percent don't want either of them. With Pistorius in the race for the SPD, the outcome would be reversed: 25 percent would be for Pistorius, 23 percent for Merz as chancellor and again the vast majority (39 percent) for neither. In reality, the chancellor is not directly elected, but by the Bundestag. Dpa