"The burden of power": The party of the future German Chancellor is already losing support

The successful completion of the probing negotiations for the winner of the Bundestag elections, the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU), was overshadowed by the negative dynamics in the polls. The rating of the bloc of parties dropped by two percentage points in a week, writes the tabloid "Bild".

According to the results of polls published today, March 9, a sophisticated method invented by the future Chancellor Friedrich Merz to increase the debt burden caused a two-fold reaction among German voters. The intention to attract hundreds of billions of euros of additional investments through the mechanism of special funds, which could result in a budget deficit of 130-150 billion euros in the coming years, reduced support for the CDU/CSU from 30% immediately to 28% in just a week.

The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) of the current Chancellor Olaf Scholz, which is likely to become the junior partner of the CDU/CSU in the future coalition, on the contrary, strengthened its position by 1 percentage point to 16%. The second party, for which the outgoing week is marked by positive dynamics, is the "Left" (+1 p.p.). The party, which a few days before the elections predicted less than 5% needed to get into the Bundestag, is now content with a double—digit level of support - 10%.

The leader of the future opposition, the pro-Russian Alternative for Germany, also loses 1 percentage point, but remains above the 20 percent mark — 21%. The Green Party is satisfied with only 11% of potential votes, unchanged from last week.

On the eve of the future Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Merz announced the completion of preliminary negotiations, the CDU/CSU and SPD bloc managed to reach the first agreement covering, among other things, the issues of strengthening border control and deportation of migrants.