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According to a recent Forsa survey, 80 percent of the eligible voters questioned are in favor of the resignation of CDU boss Laschet. More than half prefer a traffic light coalition, Jamaica only want 22 percent.
Cologne – The pressure on the CDU chairman Armin Laschet is growing. The CDU / CSU achieved the worst result in the party’s history in the 2021 federal election. The Chancellor candidate Laschet had made numerous mistakes in the election campaign. The opinion of those entitled to vote is becoming increasingly clear: A current Forsa survey on behalf of RTL and ntv According to 80 percent want Laschet’s resignation. Should there be a Jamaica coalition, two thirds of those questioned would give the CSU leader Markus Söder precedence. Only 15 percent want Laschet to lead the alliance in such a case, as reported by the German Press Agency.
Traffic light has a nose ahead: Jamaica coalition only wants one in five respondents
The Jamaica coalition is, however, the most unpopular form of government among those under discussion: only 22 percent of those surveyed can imagine such a coalition of CDU / CSU, FDP and the Greens. Twelve percent would be in favor of a renewed grand coalition of the SPD and the Union, 53 percent of those surveyed would prefer a traffic light coalition of the SPD, FDP and the Greens.
The vast majority of respondents advise the Union to go into opposition. Around three quarters (74 percent) of those eligible to vote are of the opinion that the Union should not try to form a “Jamaica” coalition with the Greens and the FDP, but rather join the opposition. Only among the CDU / CSU voters is there disagreement on this: 48 percent are in favor of a Jamaica coalition, 47 percent are in favor of going into the opposition. However, the voters of the Union agree on Armin Laschet’s personnel: 70 percent of those eligible to vote who voted for the CDU or CSU on September 26th want the CDU boss to resign. On this point, the respondents across party lines are unanimous. In any case, a successor seems to have been determined for the position of Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Forsa survey: More than half of respondents for speed limit and tax increases
More than half of the respondents (53 percent) think it is right to raise taxes for some groups of the population in order to finance climate protection costs. 43 percent are against it. When examined by party affiliation, the approval for tax increases in favor of the climate is 95 percent among voters of the Greens and 79 percent each among voters of the Left and the SPD. Eligible voters who voted for the Union, on the other hand, are 63 percent against it, with FDP voters 69 percent are against tax increases for the climate and with the AfD even three quarters (75 percent).
While in most neighboring European countries a speed limit on motorways is standard and hardly causes a shrug, the debate about the speed limit in Germany is causing emotions to boil. The current Forsa survey showed that 56 percent of all eligible voters are in favor of a speed limit of 130 kilometers per hour on German motorways. 39 percent are against it. Here, too, the differences between the parties are clear: 84 percent of the Green voters surveyed are in favor of a speed limit, 77 percent of the left voters, two-thirds (67 percent) of the SPD voters are in favor. The majority, however, are FDP voters with 72 percent and voters of the Union, 55 percent of whom are against a speed limit. While topics such as taxes and speed limits divide the groups of voters, there is at least a consensus on the rejection of Armin Laschet. In addition, there seems to be a trend in the opinion of the electorate: around a week ago, 68 percent of those questioned in a YouGov survey were in favor of Laschet’s resignation. (dpa / bme)