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According to a recent survey, the most popular politician in Germany is Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU).
According to the representative survey by the Kantar opinion research institute for "Bild am Sonntag", 52 percent of people in Germany hope that Spahn will have "the greatest possible impact" in politics in the coming year.
The Minister of Health is even one percentage point ahead of his party colleague and Chancellor Angela Merkel, who was Germany's most popular politician last year.
Spahn is particularly popular with female voters: 66 percent of the women surveyed said that they would like the Minister of Health to have as much political influence as possible in 2021, compared with 38 percent for men.
Last year, Spahn had a total of 28 percent in the popularity survey.
The Chancellor, Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) and Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD) also grew in popularity during the Corona crisis.
Merkel improved by eleven percentage points compared to the previous year, Söder even by 15 percentage points to 50 percent.
The Bavarian Prime Minister is thus in third place in the ranking of the most popular politicians.
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SPD chancellor candidate Scholz comes in fourth with 47 percent.
AfD boss Jörg Meuthen, who only six percent of those questioned would like an important role in the coming year, remains at the bottom.
Times of crisis are times of government, said Kantar expert Torsten Schneider-Haase of "Bild am Sonntag".
The grand coalition will be rated significantly better this year than in previous years.
"That reflects on the popularity ratings of the Chancellor and her ministers."
On December 18, Kantar interviewed 505 representatively selected people.
The question was asked: “Which of the following politicians would you like to have the greatest possible impact on German politics in the coming year 2021?” A total of 18 politicians were asked.