Twenty percent of Germans have “no faith” in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ability to handle the financial crisis, and 55 percent have “little faith,” according to a poll released by tv station ard on August 19. Only 22 percent said they had strong faith in her.

Germans also lack faith in French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the poll found, with 83 percent saying they had little faith he would solve the crisis.

Support for Germany’s ruling coalition has increased from 32 percent on August 4, to 34, the poll found. But the opposition still proved more popular, with the combined popularity Social Democrats and Greens—a likely coalition grouping—at 48 percent.

These figures imply that if an election was held now, Merkel would lose.

Even members of Merkel’s coalition are unhappy with the way she has handled the financial crisis. Some members of the Christian Democratic Union have called for an emergency party conference to debate the government’s eurozone policy.

“Recently, a handful of voices in the fdp’s parliamentary group raised the possibility of an end to the coalition with Merkel, because of the billions in aid being provided to other countries during the euro crisis and the recent tensions between the fdp and Merkel’s party,” writes the Speigel Online. “Admittedly, it’s not top fdp politicians making these statements, but the statements still serve as a warning for the party leaders that this supposedly ‘imaginary’ debate is in fact real.”

Sarkozy is also losing the trust of his voters. A recent French poll found only 33 percent had faith in him.

The polls indicate that Europeans don’t trust their leaders to bring them out of a crisis. Expect them to look for new leadership.