Poll finds 58% of Germans support Chancellor Friedrich Merz stepping down

A Spiegel poll finds 58% of Germans would support Chancellor Friedrich Merz stepping down, with 48% strongly agreeing his leadership has failed and another 19% somewhat agreeing. Just 11% opposed his resignation outright.

Germans are split on a successor, with names like Markus Söder, Alexander Dobrindt, and Hendrik Wüst floated. The poll follows a string of state election setbacks, including AfD wins in Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and a Left party victory in Berlin.

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