The Times: Merkel poll ratings at new low after coalition talks fail
Angela Merkel’s poll ratings fell to an all-time low yesterday after the breakdown of talks on forming a coalition government as the German president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, stepped up efforts to avoid new elections.
Mrs Merkel appeared to be paying the price for the failure of negotiations, with one snap survey putting her conservatives on 29.2 per cent — the first time they have been below 30 per cent since she took over in 2000.
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Update #1: Merkel TANKS in the polls: Chancellor ratings slump as German anger grows (Business Insider)
Update #2: Half of Germans want new elections after coalition talks fail (Business Insider/Reuters).
WNU Editor: The above Times article is behind a pay-wall, but the poll numbers say it all. The German press has a different take, and they are probably right .... Angela Merkel's German coalition crisis greatly exaggerated (DW). Germany's top two political parties will lose badly in another election, so I will not be surprised if both parties start working together .... Pressure grows on SPD to reconsider coalition talks with Angela Merkel (The Guardian).
Update #1: Merkel TANKS in the polls: Chancellor ratings slump as German anger grows (Business Insider)
Update #2: Half of Germans want new elections after coalition talks fail (Business Insider/Reuters).
WNU Editor: The above Times article is behind a pay-wall, but the poll numbers say it all. The German press has a different take, and they are probably right .... Angela Merkel's German coalition crisis greatly exaggerated (DW). Germany's top two political parties will lose badly in another election, so I will not be surprised if both parties start working together .... Pressure grows on SPD to reconsider coalition talks with Angela Merkel (The Guardian).
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