Overview
- Seventy percent of respondents are dissatisfied with the coalition’s work, the highest share INSA has recorded since the government took office in May.
- Sixty-eight percent view Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s performance negatively, while 23 percent express satisfaction.
- CDU/CSU stands at 25 percent and the SPD at 15 percent in the Sundaytrend, leaving the coalition at 40 percent and short of a parliamentary majority.
- AfD leads on 26 percent, with The Left at 11 percent, the Greens at 10 percent, BSW and the FDP at 4 percent each, and other parties at 5 percent.
- INSA notes growing discontent within the governing base, with 49 percent of Union supporters and 52 percent of SPD supporters unhappy, calling these the worst readings since May based on surveys of 1,005 and 1,206 people last week.