Highly Unpopular German Chancellor Friedrich Merz Fights Back Against His Party’s Effort to Replace Him With a Younger Regional Leader

We have reported here on TGP about the almost constant feature of the Euro-Globalist ‘leaders’ of nowadays: dismal poll numbers.

Whether we’re talking Uk’s Starmer or France’s Macron, the story is the same: they cling to power even though a vast majority of voters would rather have them go.

The same also applies to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who is completing one year in power.

The ZDF Politbarometer poll from late May shows Merz’s popularity stands at just 26% of Germans rating his work as ‘eher zufrieden’ (rather satisfied), with as much as 71% saying he does an ‘eher schlechter Job’ (rather poor job).

Bad as this is, it’s still a bit of relief from early May, when the ARD Deutschlandtrend recorded historic low numbers of only 16% satisfied with Merz, and stunning 83% dissatisfied. That’s the worst poll numbers for any sitting chancellor since the survey began in 1997.

So, it’s hardly surprising that his own CDU party is articulating a new, younger leader to substitute him.

CDU insiders are discussing a possible replacement of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz due to stalled reforms and very poor polling.

The idea is still informal — mostly private talks among senior CDU figures, not an organized coup. Under German law, parliament could replace the…pic.twitter.com/WufS60xwpy

— Clash Report (@clashreport)May 27, 2026

BILDreported (translated from the German):

Source: The Gateway Pundit