# Overwhelming majority of Germans dissatisfied with Merz’s performance — poll

https://mins.news/en/item/59814

- TASS, 2026-09-15 19:02 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2188085

> A Forsa poll for RTL and NTV found that 88% of Germans are dissatisfied with Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s performance, while only 10% approve—a record low for the government head. The Alternative for Germany leads party preferences at 27%, ahead of the CDU/CSU bloc at 20% and the Greens at 18%.

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