BERLIN (dpa-AFX) – According to a survey, almost three quarters of Germans doubt that the federal government can solve the problems with the social security systems. According to the ZDF “Politbarometer”, only around a quarter of those surveyed said that the federal government would make an important contribution to solving these problems. 74 percent see it differently.
The black-red coalition continues to receive poor marks for its work. 72 percent of those surveyed said the government did a poor job, while 24 percent said it did a good job. Only 27 percent are also satisfied with the work of Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU), while 69 percent give him a poor rating.
At 52 percent, a narrow majority believes that the government made up of the Union and the SPD will remain in place until the next federal election in 2029. 43 percent expect an early end.
AfD remains in first place on Sunday
As was the case recently, the AfD is now two points ahead of the Union in the Politbarometer projection: If there were a federal election next Sunday, the CDU/CSU would get 25 percent (plus 1) and the AfD would get 27 percent (plus 1). The SPD would remain at its record low of 12 percent, the Greens would get 14 percent (minus 1) and the Left would get 11 percent (minus 1). The FDP would receive 3 percent (unchanged). With this result, black and red would still not have a majority.
The Mannheim Elections Research Group collected the data from 1,274 randomly selected eligible voters by telephone and online from June 1st to 3rd, 2026. According to the information, they are representative of the population eligible to vote in Germany. The error range is around plus/minus three percentage points for a share value of 40 percent and around plus/minus two percentage points for a share value of 10 percent.
Election surveys are generally subject to uncertainty. Among other things, weakening party ties and increasingly short-term voting decisions make it more difficult for opinion research institutes to weight the data collected. In principle, surveys only reflect the opinion at the time of the survey and are not forecasts of possible election outcomes./hme/DP/jha