Uncertain outlook in Berlin as man who is likely to be next chancellor has to convince sceptical voters he can deliver change
Friedrich Merz’s party’s victory in German election brings bleak prospect of headaches and endless to-do lists
Just a third of Germans think Merz will be a good chancellor, according to a public television poll on Sunday evening, while just 29 per cent trust him.
Merz’s uncompromising election tactics ramped up tension still further. On Friday he used his final campaign speech to make an impulsive promise to end Germany’s rule by “leftist cranks”. Complicating matters still further: a poll on Sunday revealed that every second voter blames the CDU/CSU – far more than the SPD – for the high numbers of refugees and asylum seekers, a nod to decisions made a decade ago by
Like an industrial vacuum cleaner, the AfD sucked up support right across Germany’s political spectrum. Besides ex-CDU supporters, the AfD activated by far the largest number of non-voters − 1.8 million − in the previous federal election in 2021.
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