Germany’s Christian Democrats have by far the most support in opinion polls. 27-29 percent want to vote for them. respondents. Meanwhile, in the fall 2021 parliamentary elections, the CDU/CSU only won 24.1%. votes, and then his support dropped. This trend changed with the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, and a few weeks ago there was even a poll showing that the Christian Democrats were gaining more than 30 percent of the vote. support. This number is still much lower than in the first phase of the pandemic, in mid-2020, when they were supported by as much as 40%. German.

The opposite situation occurs with the largest of the three parties that form the government, namely the Social Democratic Party (SPD), which currently wants to be elected by around 20 percent. For comparison: in the 2021 election, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party won with 25.7%. voice. This support declines in the first half of 2022. The smallest coalition partner, the liberal group of the FDP, which is currently expected to be elected by around 8%, also has no reason to be satisfied. Germany, which is much less than in the election, when they got more than 11%. support. However, the third coalition partner, the Green Party, is perhaps the happiest party as they have increased their ratings by 2-3 percentage points since the election. and currently they can count on support from 17-18 percent. voter for Oder. But the party may be concerned by the fact that after a surge in polls last summer, its stated support has been declining for several months.

In addition to activities surrounding the war, disagreements within the government coalition also contributed to the drop in opinion polls. There are many examples. Germany’s last three nuclear reactors were shut down at the weekend. But before that, there was fierce disagreement within the coalition over when to do so – the liberals wanted to keep their jobs until 2024, but the Green Party, whose roots lie in the anti-nuclear movement, said a firm “no”. The Bavarian Prime Minister and leader of the Christian Democratic CSU, Markus Söder, decided to take advantage of this and wanted power plants nuclear power in the state was revived and he contacted the federal government regarding the issue. While this is unlikely to happen, there is more dissension within the opposition that the German opposition could exploit. – The acceleration of planning procedures is being blocked by the Green Party – Volker Wissing, Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure of the FDP, recently said on ZDF television. We are talking about simplifying the procedures necessary for the construction of, among other things: bridges, and Green Party politicians say they are ready to negotiate.