There’s a video from 1994. Friedrich Merz stands in the Sauerland countryside, greeting hunters, praising nature. A puppet fox with Helmut Kohl’s voice wishes him good night. Picture-perfect rural Germany. The Hochsauerland district, where the fox and hare say good night to each other — as the German saying goes.
Merz’s Popularity by Party Preference (September 2025) # Overall Assessment # Current polling shows that Friedrich Merz, chairman of the CDU, has reached a historic low point. Only 29% of respondents show approval for his work, representing a dramatic decline compared to previous polls. Satisfaction with his political work stands at merely 32%, and on the sympathy scale, he receives a neutral rating of 0.0. These numbers indicate that Merz is increasingly losing acceptance among the population.
