A large majority of people in Germany do not expect much from the federal government following the Cabinet reshuffle carried out by Chancellor Friedrich Merz, according to a poll published on Saturday.
Some 65% said they did not expect the coalition of the conservatives and Social Democrats to implement any major reforms this year, according to the representative survey conducted by polling institute Insa for Sunday’s edition of the Bild tabloid.
By contrast, 25% said they believed the government was capable of doing so.
Merz of the Christian Democrats (CDU) filled three ministerial posts with new appointees after Jens Spahn resigned as leader of the parliamentary group of the CDU and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU).
When asked whether the current federal government would last until the regular end of the legislative period in 2029, 57% of respondents said no or probably not, whereas 29% answered yes or probably yes.
Nearly two thirds of respondents said they saw a particularly urgent need for government action on pensions, the economy and health care.
Just over half saw a particularly urgent need for action on internal security and migration
Insa surveyed 1,002 people on July 30 and 31. The opinion poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.