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So far he has been one of the greatest political crisis winners from the pandemic: Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU).
With a few exceptions, its fame and popularity have grown steadily since spring;
Even the opposition almost consistently praised the CDU politician for his crisis management.
At the end of December, according to a representative survey by the Kantar opinion research institute, Spahn even passed his party colleague Angela Merkel (CDU) by one percentage point and became the republic's most respected politician.
But the events in the Corona crisis quickly come thick and fast - and with them the mood in the population.
According to the Germany trend, which was carried out by Infratest Dimap on behalf of WELT and ARD “Tagesthemen”, Spahn lost a lot of support at the beginning of January.
According to the survey on Monday and Tuesday, he lost eight percentage points in the approval of the citizens.
While 64 percent of the population were very satisfied or satisfied with the minister in December, the figure is now only 56 percent.
Spahn has thus fallen to its lowest level of satisfaction since May 2020.
Source: WORLD infographic
Compared to other federal politicians, the Minister of Health has slipped from second place behind Chancellor Merkel (72 percent approval) to third place.
In front of him is Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU).
But the difference between the two is tight:
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Söder is only one percentage point ahead of Spahn.
In the assessment, Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD, 55 percent), Foreign Minister Heiko Maas (SPD, 45 percent) and Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU, 42 percent) follow at a considerable distance.
The reason for Spahn's significant losses is probably the ongoing debate about the federal government's failures in procuring vaccines against Covid-19.
Critics particularly accuse the Minister of Health and the Chancellor of having ordered too late and too few vaccine doses from suitable manufacturers - especially from Biontech / Pfizer - as part of EU-wide shopping.
However, the majority of the population welcomes the fact that Germany did not go it alone at national level: 70 percent support the European Union's joint approach.
Enthusiasm is particularly high among supporters of the Greens (94 percent), followed by supporters of the SPD (79), Left Party (78) and CDU / CSU (75).
Supporters of the FDP are somewhat more skeptical: two thirds support the EU-wide approach;
at the AfD it is only about one in three.
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The slight majority of those questioned are more critical of the speed of the vaccinations that began in Germany at the end of December.
52 percent are of the opinion that vaccination is too slow;
for 36 percent the pace is appropriate.
The differences between the respective party supporters are striking: 77 percent of the FDP supporters criticize the vaccination rate, followed by 63 percent of the SPD supporters.
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In the past few days, it was the social democratic politicians in particular who attacked Health Minister Spahn harshly because of his vaccination policy.
For example, Vice Chancellor Scholz Spahn handed over a comprehensive four-page questionnaire to be answered - an affront in the eyes of the coalition partner Union.
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SPD General Secretary Lars Klingbeil also spoke of “chaotic conditions” at the weekend;
the SPD member of the Bundestag Florian Post even called for an investigative committee.
Meanwhile, supporters of the Greens have the least problems with the speed of vaccination - only 45 percent find the process too slow;
nine percent are even too fast.
The result on AfD supporters is also surprising: the party has recently attracted increasing attention due to its proximity to the anti-vaccination camp and the “lateral thinking” movement.
Every second AfD supporter, however, also feels the vaccinations are too slow.
However, this could also have to do with a fundamental rejection of government action.
Source: dpa;
Infographic WORLD / Jörn Baumgarten
The approval of the Biontech / Pfizer vaccine by the European Medicines Agency at the end of December has clearly spurred Germans' willingness to vaccinate.
Compared to November, the number of those who “definitely” want to be vaccinated has risen sharply from 37 percent to 54 percent.
Overall, three quarters of the population now “probably” or “definitely” want to be vaccinated.
Psychologically, the change in mood could also have something to do with the debate about the limited availability of the vaccine and the success stories from countries like Israel or Great Britain.
Source: WORLD infographic
The number of skeptics fell significantly: while 29 percent “probably not” or “definitely not at all” wanted to vaccinate in November, the figure is 23 percent today.
The topics of the CDU chairmanship and candidate for chancellor of the Union were also asked about in the Germany trend.
In the run-up to the CDU federal party convention, which is expected to start on Friday next week, 27 percent of those questioned continue to speak out in favor of Friedrich Merz as future party chairman, followed by Norbert Röttgen, who caught up with 22 percent (plus six points) and Armin Laschet, who was still beaten (18 percent, plus three points).
The comparative values are based on the Germany trend in the ARD “Morgenmagazin” from November 2020.
Source: WORLD infographic
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When asked about a suitable candidate for chancellor, CSU boss Söder did by far the best: 55 percent of those surveyed consider him a good candidate.
Friedrich Merz (35 percent) and Norbert Röttgen (34 percent) are almost head to head.
Here, too, Laschet brings up the rear - with 27 percent.
For the Germany trend, Infratest Dimap surveyed 1,020 voters on January 4th and 5th, 2021. The margin of error is between 1.4 and 3.1 percentage points.