Only around 20 % Germans trust Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz, who is to become Federal Chancellor 6. May, according to an opinion poll conducted by Forsa in cooperation with Stern magazine and RTL television.
The survey found that only one in five German citizens (21 %) considers Merz trustworthy. Compared to August it is a decrease of 9 %, compared to January by 3 %. In addition, only 17 % respondents said they had a positive opinion of Merz. Throughout 40 % respondents do not believe that he is a strong leader, a Only 27 % believe they understand the concerns of ordinary people.
On 9 April, the leaders supported CDU/CSU a Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) coalition agreement to form a new German government. The agreement must be approved by SPD members, CDU conference delegates and the CSU leadership. The CSU was the first to officially approve the agreement. The CDU should decide at its conference on 28 April. The SPD launched a ballot among its members on 15 April and will run until 29 April.
Early parliamentary elections are held in Germany on 23 February. Block CDU/CSU wins with 28.5 % votes. Right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) ended second with 20,8 %for the first time in history. They were followed by the SPD (16.4 %), the Greens (11.6 %) and the Left (8.8 %).
According to newdiplomatng.com, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala now has one of the lowest levels of trust among world leaders. His current level of trust is just 16 %, with 77 % respondents expressing dissatisfaction with his leadership. Other least popular world leaders include Yoon Suk-yeol of South Korea, Emmanuel Macron of France and Olaf Scholz of Germany. In contrast, the most popular leaders include Narendra Modi of India, Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico and Javier Milei from Argentina.
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