Overview

• A Forsa Trendbarometer survey finds 52 percent of Germans rate Merz’s performance negatively, with 38 percent satisfied and 10 percent undecided.
• Approval is sharply divided by party: 74 percent of CDU/CSU supporters back Merz, compared with 44 percent of SPD backers and under 30 percent among Greens, Left and AfD voters.
• In voter preferences, the CDU/CSU hold 26 percent support, the AfD trail at 24 percent, the SPD at 15 percent, Greens and Left tied at 11 percent and both FDP and BSW below the 5 percent threshold.
• The poll was conducted May 20–26 with 2,501 respondents overall and 1,003 asked specifically about Merz’s work; the margin of error ranges from ±2 to ±3 percentage points.
• Results underscore widening doubts about the coalition’s unity and its ability to address mounting economic pressures and migration policy challenges.