By Elias Sedlmayr
Huge frustration among millions of German citizens about the traffic light government!
After the electoral debacle for the SPD, Greens and FDP in the state elections in Bavaria and Hesse, it is obvious: the traffic light is not a voter magnet, it is a voter fright! Citizens are turning their backs on Berlin’s governing parties in droves.
Now a representative INSA survey for BILD shows: The Germans want new elections! The absolute majority of 57 percent want to end the traffic light alliance early.
However, only less than a third (31 percent) want the federal government to continue. Twelve percent don’t know or don’t want to provide any information.
Explosive: Even a majority of FDP voters (53 percent) are in favor of early elections. And that even though the FDP would then have to worry about returning to the Bundestag. The Liberals are currently at just 6 percent. In the 2021 federal election it was still 11.5 percent.
Of all parties, only the SPD (67 percent) and Greens (75 percent) voters want the federal government to continue.
These are the reasons for the traffic light dissatisfaction
▶︎ The federal government’s migration policy is causing the greatest frustration among citizens. 59 percent of those surveyed would like a different course on the topic.
▶︎ This is followed by housing policy with 52 percent, energy and pensions/social affairs with 49 percent each.
▶︎ At least 41 percent would like a different climate protection policy.
Citizens are also dissatisfied with the government staff, especially with the Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (53, SPD), who is responsible for migration.
The Germans want to get rid of Faeser
Unlike Chancellor Olaf Scholz, 58 percent of Germans are against Faeser remaining in office. Only 19 percent, like Scholz, want Faeser to continue.
Even within her own SPD electorate, Faeser no longer has clear support. Only 40 percent of SPD voters are in favor of the Interior Minister staying in office, just as many are against it.
For the representative survey, INSA surveyed 1,004 citizens on October 9th.