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Defense Minister Pistorius most popular politician of the German Union with high flight

Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) is more popular among German voters than any other top politician - and clearly sets himself apart from his failed predecessor Christine Lambrecht (SPD): While in January she recorded the lowest support for a defense minister ever measured in the Germany trend , Pistorius is now at the top of the ranking.

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Defense Minister Pistorius most popular politician of the German Union with high flight

Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) is more popular among German voters than any other top politician - and clearly sets himself apart from his failed predecessor Christine Lambrecht (SPD): While in January she recorded the lowest support for a defense minister ever measured in the Germany trend , Pistorius is now at the top of the ranking.

In the survey conducted by Infratest Dimap on behalf of ARD "Tagesthemen" and WELT, 52 percent of those surveyed said they were "very satisfied or satisfied" with Pistorius - an increase of 14 points compared to the previous month. Nevertheless, Pistorius is still a long way from the record value for a defense minister in the survey: Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (CSU) came to 76 percent in January 2011.

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) is currently five points behind Pistorius and comes in second in the ranking. The survey has bad news for Baerbock's party colleague Robert Habeck: The Minister for Economic Affairs gives six points and is now at 41 percent. Behind him follows Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) with 38 percent (minus two). Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) loses four points and comes to 31 percent, level with CDU leader Friedrich Merz.

While Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) has increased slightly to 24 percent, Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) is far behind: only 14 percent are satisfied with his work. Wissing is currently in a clinch with the Green coalition partner over the motorway expansion.

A little more than a quarter of those questioned are satisfied with the Left MP Sahra Wagenknecht – 62 percent are “less” or “not at all”. Wagenknecht is currently drawing sharp criticism for its positions on the Ukraine war. For example, she demands that Ukraine, which has been fighting for its survival since the start of Vladimir Putin's war of aggression more than a year ago, be willing to negotiate.

Among the 53 percent of all respondents for whom the diplomatic efforts to end the war do not go far enough, Wagenknecht is more popular: 34 percent of this group say they are satisfied and 57 percent are dissatisfied with it.

In February it was still 58 percent who would like more efforts to be made for a negotiated solution - this attitude is therefore less pronounced in March. At the same time, the proportion of those who consider supporting Ukraine with arms deliveries to be “appropriate” is increasing (47 percent). And the number of those for whom sanctions against Russia do not go far enough is also increasing (43 percent).

73 percent “rather” agree with the statement that Ukraine must primarily decide for itself when to enter into negotiations with Russia. Looking at party supporters, Green supporters (83 percent) agree with this view most strongly – the corresponding attitude is weakest among AfD supporters (55 percent).

At the same time, a majority of 54 percent “rather” disagree with the statement that ending the war would require Ukraine to cede “certain areas” to Russia. On the other hand, 35 percent take the opposite view. Looking at party supporters, only among AfD supporters is there a majority that sees territorial losses in Ukraine as a condition for ending the war.

The pollsters also asked citizens about their concerns about the war. Currently, 53 percent believe that there will be cuts in the gas and energy supply in Germany; in March 2022, shortly after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the figure was 13 points higher. The fear that the economic situation in Germany will deteriorate, however, remains high - 69 percent (plus one point) express themselves accordingly. 58 percent (minus one point) think that the Federal Republic could be drawn into the war militarily.

In the Sunday question for the federal election, the Union recorded a success: Compared to the previous month, the CDU and CSU gained four points and came to 31 percent - their best value in two years. The popularity of the three traffic light parties falls slightly: the SPD gives up two points and ends up at 18 percent. The Greens come to 17 percent, the FDP to six - both parties lose one point each. The AfD (14 percent) also loses a point. The left gains one point to five percent and would thus make it back into the Bundestag.

For the representative Germany trend, Infratest Dimap surveyed 1,311 eligible voters from February 27 to March 1 in 781 telephone and 530 online interviews. The error tolerance is between two and three percentage points.

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