There is great distrust in politics. This is also due to Olaf Scholz’s style of government – but not only.
In front of millions of television viewers, Olaf Scholz made a promise to Germany’s restaurateurs in September 2021. In the ARD “election arena”, the SPD candidate for chancellor said with regard to the VAT, which had been temporarily reduced from 19 to 7 percent for eating in restaurants as Corona aid: “We will never get rid of that again.” But since January 1st of the new year you have to pay the full rate again for pizza, schnitzel or burgers.
In the coalition agreement, the SPD, Greens and FDP set the goal of building 400,000 new apartments every year. In 2023 there were just 245,000. This year, experts do not expect an increase, but a further decline. And rents continue to rise sharply.
The traffic light government wanted to increase the number of electric cars in Germany to 15 million by 2030. A purchase bonus of up to 4,500 euros should also help. But on December 18th, the “environmental bonus” was over overnight – even for those who had already ordered their vehicle. A shock for tens of thousands of car buyers.
Three examples, three broken words. There are reasons for this. Or at least reasons. Tight cash or rising interest rates, for example. But these are just three events out of many in politics over the past few months. The bottom line is that there is a decline in credibility, a lack of reliability, a loss of trust.
Trust in the Federal Chancellor has never been so low
The Forsa Institute has been collecting data for almost two decades star, RTL and ntv a ranking of the reputation of political, social and economic institutions and groups. 4,002 citizens were last surveyed at the beginning of December. The results are representative.