In Germany, the popularity of German Chancellor Merz increased by 13%

The popularity of the new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has increased by 13 percentage points over the past month and reached 36%, according to a June 7 survey by the Insa institute conducted for the Bild newspaper.

"Merz is becoming increasingly popular as federal chancellor. 36% of the respondents are currently satisfied with his work. This is 13 percentage points more than when he took office four weeks ago," the article says.

Overall, the work of the federal government was also assessed more positively — 37% were satisfied with it (+8 percentage points compared to a month earlier). As Herman Binkert, head of Insa, explained, most of the country's residents liked the new chancellor's position on migration policy, and the Germans share it.

"Merz [and his party] supports Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt on this issue. The visit to [US President] Donald Trump was also successful," Binkert said.

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It was decided to hold a repeat vote on the same day.

On June 5, Trump and Merz held talks at the White House. After the meeting, the German Chancellor said that the country would depend on the United States for a long time. The New York Times (NYT) newspaper stated that Merz's mission to attract Trump to support Ukraine had failed. Alexander Kamkin, an associate professor at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, noted on June 6 that Merz had confirmed his vassal status with Trump.

On May 6, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier appointed Friedrich Merz as the new Chancellor of Germany. Since he could not get enough votes to be elected head of state in the first round of voting, he was appointed the new chancellor only for the second time.