As of: February 10, 2024, 5:26 p.m
By: Jens Kiffmeier
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Will probably have little desire for a black-green coalition: Robert Habeck and Markus Söder.
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Black-green is a power option for Friedrich Merz.
But according to a new survey, the majority of Germans reject this - to Söder's delight.
Berlin – Resistance to the CDU plan: Friedrich Merz has recently been looking at a black-green coalition.
But what appears to be a possible power option for the Union faction leader is met with rejection by his own supporters and also by many Germans.
The barrage of Markus Söder (CSU) against the traffic light government is probably not entirely innocent of this.
But one question remains: How do the Union supporters want to take power in the future?
New survey shows: Union clearly ahead – but who should you govern with?
According to a new survey commissioned by
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from the opinion research institute Insa, the Union is clearly ahead in favor of voters with 30 percent.
The AfD takes second place (20 percent), followed by the SPD (15 percent) and the Greens (13 percent).
While Sahra Wagenknecht's new alliance is making a steep rise with seven percent, the FDP currently has to worry about remaining in the Bundestag.
With four percent, the Liberals are just ahead of the Left, who only have three percent.
This poses a problem for the Union: the Union has ruled out a coalition with the AfD.
The FDP is the clear favorite for a government alliance in the event of a new election or in the 2025 federal election.
But given the current poll numbers, this power option for the CDU and CSU could also vanish into thin air.
But what then?
Against this background, Friedrich Merz brought black and green into play for the first time in a newsletter to party friends at the beginning of the week.
Friedrich Merz is toying with black-green politics - but the majority rejects it
But the Germans are skeptical about this alliance.
Only 21 percent can imagine such a coalition.
They would rather have the grand coalition (36 percent) back - or a German coalition made up of the Union, SPD and FDP (26 percent).
According to the Insa survey, a similar picture emerges when broken down into the Union supporters.
The numbers are only more drastic.
More than half categorically reject a black-green alliance.
Around a third even think that the Union should clearly and clearly exclude this power option.
This should cause satisfaction in the south of the republic.
For months, Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) has been pursuing a tough demarcation course against Olaf Scholz's (SPD) traffic light coalition.
The Greens in particular are repeatedly the target of his attacks.
In this respect, it is not surprising that in recent days the Christian Socialists have immediately relegated the Merz proposal back to the realm of fairy tales.
Black-green: Söder and the CSU do not see this as an option for power
The CSU regional group leader Alexander Dobrindt told the
dpa
news agency : “The only thing that can happen with us is a policy change in Germany.
With their ideological projects, the Greens have significantly advanced social polarization in Germany.
This left-green policy of paternalism and re-education must be ended.
The Greens will be more opponents than partners,” said Dobrindt, who is also Merz’s first deputy in the parliamentary group.
CSU General Secretary Martin Huber stated at the
Editorial Network Germany
(RND): “The CSU and the Greens simply don’t fit together.”
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There is also another dispute behind the dispute over direction.
In addition to the coalition question, it is also unclear within the Union who should lead a possible alliance as Chancellor: Friedrich Merz or Markus Söder?
Or Hendrik Wüst?
The young NRW Prime Minister is already governing his state with a black-green coalition - despite the alleged skepticism in his party.
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)