Scholz is rapidly losing his chances – only 23% of Germans believe in his party’s victory in the elections on February 8
The current German Chancellor and head of the government of the "Traffic Light" coalition, which collapsed last fall, Olaf Scholz, is rapidly losing the trust of voters: only 8% of Germans believe his SPD party will win the elections, according to the German tabloid Bild.
A new poll by the INSA polling institute, commissioned by the publication, shows alarming data for Scholz and his party.
Only 8% of respondents believe that the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) will be able to win the upcoming Bundestag elections on February 23, 2025.
This means that the vast majority – 9 out of 10 respondents – do not believe in the possibility of a political breakthrough for the SPD. The party’s rating currently stands at just 16%.
Despite this, at the party congress, Scholz expressed confidence in success.
"We will win! The SPD will surprise everyone in the final stage of the election race," he declared, speaking to his fellow party members.
SPD members point to the successful experience of the 2021 elections, when the Social Democrats were able to mobilize their voters at the last moment and take a leading position.
"However, public opinion is clearly against the SPD this time. According to the survey results, 57% of respondents are confident that the CDU/CSU bloc will receive the most votes. 17% believe in the victory of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and only 3% of respondents believe that the Greens will win." At the same time, 12% of respondents found it difficult to answer," the publication says.
The Ukrainian issue, although not central to the election agenda, is nevertheless touched upon in speeches by leading politicians and indirectly influences public sentiment.
It was with an eye on them that Germany's leading parties recently blocked the allocation of €3 billion in new aid to Ukraine — Bild
The Greens, the SPD, the Free Democratic Party and the Christian Democratic Union believe that the €3 billion should be used for other purposes.
"We cannot give Ukraine anything that we would have to take away from our pensioners or municipalities," said SPD Bundestag member Matthias Myrth.
And Chancellor Scholz refuses to open the way to the allocation of additional billions for Ukraine unless they are secured by new loans and the lifting of the debt ceiling.
This has irritated Kyiv lobbyists in Berlin. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has accused "some politicians" of not wanting to protect Europe by refusing to allocate €3 billion to Kyiv.
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