Half of Germany dont want Merkel to stand in snap election

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s future is looking increasingly unstable in the wake of failed coalition talks, as a new poll reveals that more than half of Germans do not want her to stand in another election.

Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union party has failed to form a coalition with other parties to avoid a snap election, which has seen the support for the party plummet to a six-year low.

A fresh poll has found that Merkel’s CDU/CSU bloc only had the support of 29.2 per cent, down from 32.9 in the September election, and it’s lowest since October 2011.

Crisis: Angela Merkel’s party is losing support and a poll found that more than half of Germans do not want her to stand in another election

A separate poll also carried out this week found that 54 per cent do not think she should run for office in the event of a snap election, the Daily Express reports quoting a German newspaper.

Only 38.5 per cent wanted her to stand again. 

Another poll by the Die Welt newspaper found that 61.4 per cent believes the failure of coalition talks would mean an end to Merkel as chancellor. 

However, her own party stands firmly behind Merkel, believing she did all she could to forge a three-way coalition.

‘One thing is clear: Angela Merkel’s position in the CDU is very strong. She is our Number One,’ David McAllister, a CDU executive committee member

Say what? German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks to Social Democrats Party (SPD) leader Martin Schulz in Parliament Tuesday

Say what? German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks to Social Democrats Party (SPD) leader Martin Schulz in Parliament Tuesday

The collapse late on Sunday of the coalition talks has plunged Germany into the worst political crisis since the end of World War Two.

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who is trying to broker a deal, is keenly aware the source of Germany’s international clout is its economic power and that businesses want a stable coalition soon to end the uncertainty and avoid another poll.

Pressure is also growing within Germany’s Social Democratic Party to at least discuss the possibility of forming a new government with Merkel’s conservatives. 

SPD leader Martin Schulz has repeatedly said he would not return as the junior coalition partner to Merkel, but has now been asked to revise his position. 

Unless Merkel finds one or several coalition partner’s swiftly, her options are a minority government – never previously tried – or new elections. 

Several Social Democrats, while expressing skepticism, have suggested the party should discuss another coalition with Merkel or supporting a minority government.

Lawmaker Karl Lauterbach tells ZDF broadcaster ‘if absolutely nothing else works, we must again consider a grand coalition.’

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