23 percent of Germans would choose Friedrich Merz as Chancellor if they could vote directly on the head of government and the CDU leader ran against incumbent Olaf Scholz (SPD) and Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck (Greens). This is the result of a representative survey by the opinion research institute Forsa on behalf of the stern partners RTL and ntv. In this constellation, 21 percent would vote for Scholz and 18 percent for Habeck.
Even with a potential candidacy for Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) instead of Habeck, Merz would be ahead, even with 25 percent. This puts Friedrich Merz in front of Olaf Scholz for the first time and, in both constellations, is in first place for the chancellor preference for the first time ever.
CDU boss Merz should also be happy about the result of the current Forsa Sunday question, the Union is also ahead here. If there were a general election next Sunday,…
Another key result of the Forsa survey: 28 percent of those surveyed believe that the shutdown of the last three nuclear power plants in Germany next weekend is right, 43 percent wrong. 25 percent even want more reactors in Germany to be connected to the grid again.
The data was collected by the market and opinion research institute Forsa on behalf of RTL Germany from April 4th to 6th, 2023. Database for the K and Sunday question: 1,501 respondents. Statistical error tolerance: /- 2.5 percentage points. Database on the nuclear energy issue: 1,001 respondents. Statistical error tolerance: /- 3 percentage points. The star is part of RTL Germany.
