100 days of Black-Red Coalition: Majority rates CDU/CSU-SPD cooperation poorly

The CDU/CSU-SPD federal government has been in office for 100 days: The majority of Germans view the cooperation between the CDU/CSU and SPD to date rather negatively. In the ZDF "Politbarometer" survey published on Thursday, 61 percent of respondents rated the cooperation between the two governing factions rather poorly. 32 percent described it as rather good. 

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The disputes of the past few months within the black-red coalition have left visible traces: When the new government took office at the beginning of May, a good half of those surveyed still expected a rather good cooperation (51 percent). 

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44 percent now rated the federal government's work as rather good, while 46 percent rated it as rather poor. Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) fared slightly better: 49 percent rated his work as rather good, while 45 percent rated it as rather poor. However, when it comes to major challenges such as pension system reform, Germans are rather skeptical: Only 24 percent said the government could make a significant contribution to solving the problems. 72 percent disagreed.

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Despite the rather negative assessment of the government's performance, voting intentions have changed little, according to the "Politbarometer." If the federal election were held next Sunday, the CDU/CSU would remain unchanged at 27 percent. The AfD would lose one point, at 23 percent, but would remain unchallenged in second place. The SPD would continue to receive 15 percent, and the Greens could improve by one point, reaching 12 percent. The Left Party would again be at 11 percent. 

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According to the survey, the BSW and the FDP could still expect three percent each and would therefore continue to be unrepresented in parliament. For the representative "Politbarometer," the Mannheim Research Group on Elections surveyed 1,370 randomly selected voters by telephone and online between August 11 and 13. The potential margin of error is between two and three percentage points.

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