The traffic light chaos of the last few weeks has its consequences: the Free Democrats are crashing. The Greens gain percentage points. Is this due to the change in personnel?
Berlin – FDP leader Christian Lindner already predicted it in 2021: The coalition with the SPD and the Greens in the so-called traffic light coalition could threaten the existence of his party. And in the latest Forsa survey, the FDP is actually slipping further towards non-measurability.
With only three percent approval RTL/ntv trend barometer The Free Democrats are only just above the statistical margin of error of 2.5 percent – and are therefore well away from returning to the Bundestag.
Lindner on the current coalition: Government “can also be part of the problem”
Finance Minister and party leader Lindner recently appeared in the news portal’s podcast Table.Briefings said: “Stability for Germany is of paramount importance. But at some point a government can also be part of the problem itself.” He continued: “A government must always ask itself whether it meets the requirements of the time.”
Regarding speculation from the FDP about a possible exit from the government alliance around Christmas, Lindner said on September 23rd, the day after the Brandenburg election, that courage was now required of everyone: courage to do work in a controversial coalition, if good can be moved for the country, or courage to draw conclusions when one reaches the limits of what is possible.
Gains for the Greens: Changes at the top are well received by voters
However, there is good news for the Greens: They gain one percentage point in the Forsa survey and are at eleven percent. One reason for the party’s gain could be the change in personnel. Around a year before the next federal election, the entire federal executive board and the leadership of the youth organization Green Youth resigned in September.
party | Survey results in percentage points |
CDU/CSU | 31 percent |
AfD | 17 percent |
SPD | 17 percent |
Greens | 11 percent |
BSW | 6 percent |
FDP | 3 percent |
left | 3 percent |
Other parties | 12 percent |
The new faces after Ricarda Lang and Omid Nouripour are now most likely Franziska Brantner and Felix Banaszak. The parliamentary state secretary in the Federal Ministry of Economics and the member of the Bundestag are running for the leadership of the Green Party.
New faces at the top of the Green Party: A new federal executive board will be elected in November
Lang and Nouripour will lead the party for almost six weeks – until the next Green party conference, which will take place in Wiesbaden from November 15th to 17th. A new board of directors will then be elected there. Brantner and Banaszak regretted the resignations and resignations. She once started with the Green Youth herself and was on the federal executive board, said Brantner. “This is also my political home.” Such a step “doesn’t leave you cold,” emphasized Banaszak. He called on everyone who was hesitant to get involved: “Be part of us moving the store forward.”
Banaszak also commented on speculation that the party will in future be tailored to the likely Green Party candidate for chancellor Habeck. “It is no secret that Robert Habeck now plays a very central role for the party and will play in the future,” he said.
Survey on the federal election: CDU/CSU remain the strongest force
If the Bundestag were to be elected this week, the parties could expect the following result: CDU/CSU 31 percent, AfD 17 percent, SPD 17 percent, Greens 11 percent, BSW six percent, FDP three percent, Left three percent. The other parties account for 12 percent.
The data for the RTL/ntv trend barometer was collected by the market and opinion research institute Forsa on behalf of RTL Deutschland between October 1st and 7th. Database: 2001 respondents. Statistical margin of error: plus/minus 2.5 percentage points (bg/dpa).
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