Most German citizens do not see any strengths in the coalition government

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Spiegel” weekly newspaper, the results of the latest survey about the level of satisfaction with the German coalition government of Prime Minister Olaf Schultz, consisting of the Social Democratic, Green and Liberal Democratic parties, show that some of the government’s programs and actions are of course welcomed by the citizens. but coalition government parties cannot benefit from them. Based on this, for example, about three-quarters of the surveyed people positively evaluate some of the government’s plans, such as increasing the minimum wage and setting the gas and electricity price ceiling.

However, In the same way, a large group of citizens are dissatisfied with the coalition government as a whole and with each party of the coalition government. Accordingly, 80% of citizens are somewhat or very dissatisfied with the federal government, 76% with the Social Democratic Party, 78% with the Greens and 81% with the Liberal Democratic Party in the coalition government.

This survey, which was made available to SPIEGEL, was conducted by the polling institute Politiks on behalf of the left-liberal think tank known as the “Progressive Center”. This institute conducted this survey online from January 8 to 16 this year among 3148 voters aged 18 and older.

The results of this survey It shows that when citizens are asked about the strengths and weaknesses of the coalition, the result is very negative, so that 62% of the surveyed people do not associate a single strength with the government coalition.

Accordingly, about a third of the citizens consider the lack of unity as the biggest weakness of the government. Many respondents also critically judge the effectiveness of decisions and the ability of government parties to compromise.

In response to the question that citizens believe that the government Who makes the policy, there were some disturbing answers. In response to this question, 34 percent said: “For the rich in society.” 29% consider “large industrial companies” to have a special advantage. Only eleven percent of the surveyed people confirm that the so-called traffic light coalition makes policy “for the middle class of society” and only eight percent consider the “weakest people in society” to be the focus of the government’s attention.

According to the director of politics who conducted this poll, the government needs a common and tangible idea for the country such as the economic policy reform agenda until the next federal elections.

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