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Merz Completely Smears Off: Citizens Are More Dissatisfied than Ever

Summary by derwesten.de
The new chancellor Friedrich Merz wanted to bring fresh air – now the political total damage threatens him.

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The new chancellor Friedrich Merz wanted to bring fresh air – now the political total damage threatens him.

·Germany
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Lean Left

Only one third voter is still satisfied with Friedrich Merz. With 29 percent approval, Black-Red also records the worst value so far.

·Germany
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Lean Right

The citizens punish their government and the chancellor in the German trend: Satisfaction with black and red falls to the lowest level so far. Friedrich Merz (CDU) presents a clear majority of people with a disastrous intermediate certificate – for example with regard to his leadership qualities.

·Dortmund, Germany
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In a poll for ARD Deutschlandtrend, a majority of Germans express dissatisfaction with the government and the chancellor.

Nearly a hundred days after Germany's coming to power, the "big coalition" led by Chancellor Friedrich Merz reduced the approval rating of the new government to a minimum, and the results of a monthly survey conducted by the Infratest dimap Institute, published on 7 August, show that only 29% of Germans are satisfied with the work of the government. This is 10% less than a month ago, and this is the worst indicator since the start of the Merz go…

·Kyiv, Ukraine
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"Your word is worthless. You are a paper chancellor who is pretending to be a world leader," said Alice Weidel, the head of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), to Friedrich Merz. She almost "took the new German chancellor to pieces" during the July parliamentary budget debate. As the head of the strongest opposition party, she accused him of weakly submitting to the whims of a smaller coalition partner and of breaking one election promi…

·Bratislava Region, Slovakia
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  • 33% of the sources lean Left, 33% of the sources are Center, 33% of the sources lean Right
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Welt broke the news in Dortmund, Germany on Thursday, August 7, 2025.
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