2024-09-14 12:12:43
After the state elections in Thuringia and Saxony, forming a coalition is difficult. Half of Germans are in favor of cooperation with the BSW.
According to a survey, almost one in two people (46 percent) in Germany are in favor of the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) being involved in state governments. This is 7 percentage points more than at the beginning of August, as the current ARD Germany trend shows. Four out of ten respondents (40 percent), on the other hand, would not like this (-9).
This was the result of a representative survey conducted by the opinion researcher Infratest Dimap among 1,309 eligible voters for the ARD Deutschlandtrend from Tuesday to Wednesday of this week. The study was carried out by telephone and online.
After the state elections in Saxony and Thuringia, the CDU invited the BSW to talks in both states. In the eastern German states, the majority view the BSW’s possible participation in government is positive: 56 percent would be in favor of this, while one in three (33 percent) would not be in favor of it, according to the information provided. One in two Union supporters (49 percent) rejects the BSW’s participation in state governments, while just over one in three Union supporters (36 percent) is open to it.
The CDU has ruled out a coalition with the AfD or the Left Party with an incompatibility resolution. However, the state election in Thuringia has produced a politically tricky result: an alliance of the CDU, BSW and SPD only has exactly half of the seats in parliament, one vote short of a majority. That is why such an alliance would probably need the Left Party.
According to Deutschlandtrend, a majority of eligible voters in Germany support the incompatibility resolution with the AfD: 60 percent think it is right, while a good third (35 percent) reject it.
Opinions are divided in the eastern German states: here, the incompatibility resolution with the AfD is supported by one in two (49 percent), but rejected by 45 percent. The majority of CDU supporters support the incompatibility resolution with the AfD (71 percent), while 26 percent think it is wrong.
Voters are divided on the CDU’s decision to be incompatible with the Left Party: 41 percent think it is right, 46 percent think it is not right. Among CDU supporters, 52 percent think it is right and 39 percent think it is not right. In the eastern German states, the assessment is the opposite: here, 52 percent think the decision to be incompatible with the Left Party is wrong and 38 percent think it is right.