FRANKFURT (Germany): German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s troubled coalition is expected to take a hit at two major state polls that come halfway through i...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov attend a press conference in Berlin, Germany, October 4, 2023. - REUTERSPIX: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s troubled coalition is expected to take a hit at two major state polls that come halfway through its term, while the far-right is set for new gains.
Berlin rapidly had to tear up a long-held pacifist stance to back Kyiv, while the ensuing energy crisis hit Europe’s top economy particularly hard, sending it into a recession. Serious disputes over issues like a new law to slash emissions from household heating are seen as “examples that this government is just not capable of taking action,“ she said.Arndt Leininger, a political expert from the Chemnitz University of Technology said, “the parties that form the federal government are in a bad starting position here.
Meanwhile the far-right Alternative for Germany is forecast to make gains in the two states after a recent surge in poll ratings at the national level, and a string of local election triumphs. In Bavaria, the conservative Christian Social Union , the sister party of the CDU, is expected to extend its hold on power, with state premier Soeder -- seen as a potential chancellor candidate -- to retain his post.
In contrast, the parties from Scholz’s coalition are expected to lose support compared to the last elections in 2018, and the FDP may not even meet the threshold to get into the state parliament.
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