Majority Doubts Stable German Government After New Elections

Following German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s lost confidence vote on December 16, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will announce a decision concerning new elections on December 27. But according to a study published today, most Germans fear that new elections will not solve the government crisis.

Fearing instability: A Deutschlandtrend survey reveals that fears of not having a stable government after the February 23 election have risen by nine points compared to a survey conducted in September 2021 shortly before the Bundestag elections.

• 59 percent have “great concerns” or “very great concerns” that “we will not have a stable government after the Bundestag elections.”

No good candidate: On top of that, only 28 percent believe that the most popular candidate would be a good chancellor.

Overall, the result of the Deutschlandtrend points to an electorate that is difficult to inspire—although most voters welcomed the end of the traffic light government. However, the majority do not believe that things will get better afterwards. The [Christian Democratic Union–Christian Social Union] is not currently benefiting from the charisma of its candidate, but above all from the battered image of the three-term Chancellor Scholz, who does not seem to be succeeding in bringing about a change in trend.
—Welt

Germany in crisis: German citizens are growing weary of the democratic system and are increasingly open for a radically different solution, as Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry explained in “After Trump’s Victory, Watch Germany.”