The crisis is also weighing heavily on the mood in the wealthy south-west. Kretschmann’s coalition is also feeling the effects. The AfD is the beneficiary.
Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) – In view of the crisis and rising prices, most people in the southwest are very concerned about the economy and social cohesion. At the same time, trust in the work of the state government made up of the Greens and the CDU has fallen sharply. This is the result of a survey by Infratest dimap on behalf of SWR and “Stuttgarter Zeitung”, which was published on Thursday.
Accordingly, three quarters of people (74 percent) are very worried or even very worried when they think about economic development. This is an increase of 22 percentage points compared to the April survey. 78 percent of those surveyed see social cohesion in the country threatened, 14 points more than in spring.
This is also underlined by the “Baden-Württemberg Report” commissioned by a merger of private radio stations in the state (Privat.Radio). Accordingly, 85 percent of people are concerned with the rising cost of living and 80 percent with the energy supply. More than half of those surveyed are concerned that there could be social unrest. Among women, this is even two-thirds.
The government of Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) is slipping in reputation: According to the SWR survey, only 44 percent are satisfied, in April it was 57 percent. This is the worst result so far for the green-black coalition. The last time this value was below 50 percent was green-red in 2011.
In the Sunday question, the AfD is the main beneficiary. It gains 4 points and would reach 13 percent if there were a state election this Sunday. The Greens would continue to be the strongest force with 27 percent, which is a minus of one point. However, the Greens are far from their result in the March 2021 election, in which they reached 32.6 percent. The CDU remains at 26 percent. The SPD remains at 15 percent. The FDP loses 2 points and ends up behind the AfD with 9 percent.
Despite all the criticism of the government, most would like Kretschmann to remain in office until the end of the electoral term. 55 percent want the Greens to pull through, 39 percent are in favor of an early change. Kretschmann, the oldest Prime Minister in Germany at 74, has announced that he will not run for office again. The Greens are considering behind the scenes whether a successor could replace Kretschmann a little before the election and thus benefit from the office bonus. Federal Minister of Agriculture Cem Özdemir is considered a hot candidate.
The dissatisfaction with politics does not leave Kretschmann untouched. Only 54 percent are satisfied with his work. That’s down 6 points from April and the lowest since he took office. Interior Minister and CDU leader Thomas Strobl has to cope with a crash. Only 24 percent are satisfied with it, which is minus 9 points. SPD parliamentary group leader Andreas Stoch comes to 18 percent (minus 2) and his FDP colleague Hans-Ulrich Rülke is 13 percent (minus 4). Bernd Gögel from the AfD continues to be rated positively by 6 percent.
