The latest Infratest survey reveals a significant decline in public satisfaction with the government’s performance Only 18 percent of respondents expressed satisfaction or high satisfaction with the cooperation between the governing parties, while 77 percent indicated dissatisfaction or a lack of satisfaction Overall satisfaction with the federal government itself has fallen by 7 percentage points from the previous month, reaching 22 percent Conversely, 75 percent reported being dissatisfied or largely dissatisfied This represents a substantial decrease from April 2022, when the current coalition enjoyed support from approximately 47 percent of the population
Evaluation of the individual parties within the coalition reveals similar trends 29 percent expressed satisfaction with the performance of both the CDU/CSU and the SPD, while 68 and 67 percent respectively reported dissatisfaction
Should a federal election be held immediately, the CDU/CSU would currently receive 27 percent of the vote, unchanged from August The AfD is projected to reach a record high of 25 percent, gaining one percentage point The SPD would receive 14 percent (+1), while the Greens would drop to 11 percent (-1) Die Linke would maintain its current standing at 10 percent The Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht and the FDP would fall short of the five percent threshold needed for parliamentary representation, receiving 4 and 3 percent respectively
Among key political figures, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) continues to receive the highest approval ratings, with 60 percent expressing satisfaction with his work Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) currently has a satisfaction rating of 33 percent, with 62 percent expressing dissatisfaction Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (CDU) stands at 35 percent satisfaction, with 29 percent expressing dissatisfaction and 36 percent remaining undecided
Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil (SPD) receives a 31 percent satisfaction rating, while 48 percent are dissatisfied Labour Minister Bärbel Bas (SPD) has a 29 percent satisfaction rating, with 34 percent reporting dissatisfaction However, a significant 37 percent of respondents remain unable to evaluate her performance
CSU Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has a 25 percent satisfaction rating, while AfD parliamentary group leader Tino Chrupalla has a 20 percent satisfaction rating, with a substantial portion of respondents unable to evaluate their performance The Left party’s parliamentary group leader Heidi Reichinnek currently has a 19 percent satisfaction rating
CDU/CSU parliamentary group leader Jens Spahn received the lowest satisfaction rating at 12 percent, while Green parliamentary group leader Britta Haßelmann also stands at 12 percent, with a high number of respondents (62 percent) indicating they do not know or cannot evaluate her
The data was collected by Infratest for the “ARD-Deutschlandtrend” through a telephone and online survey of 1,342 individuals on September 1st and 2nd
