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...tensions have dealt a blow to Merkel's approval ratings. According to a survey by the polling institute Infratest Dimap on Jan. 7, 59% of Germans approve of the way Merkel is doing her job, compared with 70% in December. The Chancellor will have to find a way to rekindle the love that swept her back into power last year, or she could be looking at a very long, torturous...
...helped her gain broad support well beyond the Christian Democrats' core voters. Even among those who identify themselves as Social Democrats, Merkel's unstuffy pragmatism, social liberalism and commitment to fighting climate change - a key issue in Germany - have made her surprisingly popular. A December poll by Germany's Infratest Dimap Institute showed Merkel was Germany's favorite politician, with 70% of Germans proclaiming themselves satisfied with her work...
...political challenge now is to prevent the widespread anger over the tax evasion scandal from becoming a broader political crisis. In Germany, it's not necessarily enough to just throw a few corporate executives in jail and be done with it. A poll conducted earlier this month by Infratest Dimap found that 69% of Germans feel wealth in the country is unjustly distributed. And that sense could have political ramifications: polls show declining support for Germany's social market economic system. The Left has surpassed the Greens and the Free Democrats to become, with the allegiance...
...young people aged 18 to 30 said they were in favor of marriage n favor of marriage, 90% said they wanted (or would probably want) children and 80% believed in one true love. All of that is "a reaction," according to Ulrich Schneekloth, a researcher at TNS Infratest Social Research in Munich, against "the excessive individualization" of the 1968 generation. Conservative politicians have already tuned in to that social change. "The values of the 1950s are very important to us," Dieter Althaus, 47, the cdu Governor of Thuringia and a confidante of Merkel, told Time last month. "The home...
...retailer, for example, forecasts sales will rise 5.5% this year. Porsche sold 60% more sports cars in Western Europe in July than it did a year ago. BMW added 2,100 jobs at German factories to meet an expected increase in production. And an August opinion poll by NFO Infratest showed that Germans were optimistic about the future of the economy for the first time since last September. Consumption is also beginning to inch up. GfK, a firm that tracks consumer trends, said its index of consumption rose from 4.2 in July to 4.5 in August, signalling that Germans...