A poll conducted by Infratest Dimap on September 7 showed that the percentage of satisfaction with the performance of the German government fell to only 10%, while 88% of participants expressed their dissatisfaction, in light of expectations of the disintegration of the ruling coalition before the 2029 elections.
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The German government is witnessing a decline in popularity according to successive polls, as the satisfaction rate fell from 15% on September 3 to 10% on September 7, with expectations of the disintegration of the ruling coalition before the 2029 elections.
According to the Deutschland Wählt platform for collecting statistics, the German government is experiencing a severe popular crisis. An Infratest Dimap poll on September 3 showed that only 15% of citizens are satisfied with the government’s performance. In a similar result, another INSA poll on September 5 revealed that the satisfaction rate did not exceed 17%.
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According to the results of a new poll conducted by Infratest Dimap on September 7, the percentage of those satisfied with the government’s performance decreased to only 10%. On the other hand, 88% of the survey participants expressed their dissatisfaction (to varying degrees between completely dissatisfied or somewhat dissatisfied) with the work of the government. This percentage is considered relatively low, as the last time the decline was recorded was on May 5 by the Forsa Institute, when satisfaction with the government reached 11%.
1,051 people participated in the September 7 survey online and by phone. The margin of statistical error does not exceed 3% (three percentage points).
Earlier, Bild newspaper said that only 24% of German citizens believe that the current ruling coalition will continue to work until the next parliamentary elections scheduled for 2029, while 58% of respondents expect this coalition to disintegrate and the government to fall before that date.
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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced scheduled talks between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, in Moscow, where they are expected to discuss regional security, energy, nuclear cooperation, and joint cultural activities, with a focus on preventing escalation in the Gulf, restoring freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, activating the concept of collective security, and comprehensive normalization of relations between Iran and Arab countries, in addition to peaceful cooperation in nuclear energy and arrangements for the Intervision competition. 2026 in Saudi Arabia.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed his personal and profound shock at the defeat of his Christian Democratic Union party in the Saxony-Anhalt state elections, where the far-right Alternative for Germany party achieved a landslide victory by obtaining 43.8% of the votes compared to 17.2% for the Christian Democratic Party, stressing that surrender is not an option and that it will continue the path of reform despite internal and external criticism.

Thousands of demonstrators came out in Berlin and Frankfurt to protest the victory of the Alternative for Germany party in the Saxony-Anhalt state elections, demanding that the party be banned due to its classification as a right-wing extremist and its association with anti-Semitism, while Israeli officials and German Jews expressed their deep concern over the results.

The Alternative for Germany party achieved 43.8% of the votes and 39 seats in the Saxony-Anhalt Parliament, but did not obtain an absolute majority (42 seats), which opens the door to scenarios for forming a government including a minority government or a coalition with small parties or five parties, with the possibility of holding new elections if the election of the Prime Minister fails.

An opinion poll conducted by the Infratest Dimap Institute showed that the Alternative for Germany party outperformed the Christian Democratic Party in Saxony-Anhalt in all political areas, although the issue of immigration did not play a decisive role in determining the voters’ choice, as voters focused on issues such as social security, peace in Europe, and economic policy, and the party succeeded in attracting non-voters and making gains among workers and self-employed people.

Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majid Al-Ansari said that the Gulf states cannot rely only on the United States and other international alliances to ensure their security, but must strengthen their independence, in light of the continuing US-Iranian war and its impact on the Strait of Hormuz, as Iran continues to close the Strait and the United States imposes a counter-blockade on Iranian ports, with a noticeable decline in shipping traffic according to Kpler data.