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According to the ZDF “Politbarometer”, a majority of Germans think it is time to relax the corona measures.

According to the poll published on Friday, 56 percent are of the opinion that easing should come now, 41 percent oppose this.

Most of the respondents still consider the applicable corona regulations to be just right (55 percent).

However, the proportion of those who find this excessive has increased significantly to 23 percent.

In January it was 14 percent.

Only 18 percent are in favor of stricter measures.

In January it was 28 percent.

However, the respondents make one restriction: Should there be a third wave, i.e. significantly higher numbers of infections, only 21 percent are in favor of easing the corona measures.

When it comes to which areas there should be easing next, business is the top priority for 40 percent.

22 percent want to be the first to ease the current contact restrictions, 20 percent for sports, culture and leisure and 15 percent for restaurants.

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44 percent of those surveyed support the opening of primary schools and daycare centers, and 26 percent would have liked all schools to be opened.

Only for 26 percent should the schools have been closed any longer.

The fact that teachers in primary schools and employees in day-care centers should be vaccinated earlier than previously planned also met with broad approval with 88 percent.

52 percent of those surveyed are satisfied with the crisis management of the federal and state governments, 43 percent give the political decision-makers a bad rating in matters of Corona.

The SPD, AfD and FDP are making minimal gains

According to the survey, the Union and the Greens have fallen slightly in favor of the voters.

If there was a general election next Sunday, the CDU / CSU would lose two percentage points compared to the previous survey and come to 35 percent, as the broadcaster announced.

The Greens therefore lose one point, but remain the second strongest force with 19 percent. 

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The SPD, AfD and FDP were each able to gain one percentage point in the survey: The SPD came to 16 percent, the AfD to ten percent and the FDP to seven percent.

The Left Party is unchanged at seven percent.

A coalition of the CDU / CSU and the Greens would have a majority as well as a coalition of the CDU / CSU and the SPD.

In contrast, it would not be enough for a green-red-red alliance.

On the question of the Union's candidate for chancellor, CSU boss Markus Söder is clearly ahead of CDU chairman Armin Laschet.

For 53 percent of those surveyed, Bavaria's Prime Minister Söder has what it takes to be Chancellor, while North Rhine-Westphalia's Prime Minister Laschet only 28 percent believe this is possible.

Among the supporters of the CDU and CSU even 74 percent think Söder is fit for chancellor, but only 36 percent think Laschet.

For the ZDF “Politbarometer” the Mannheim research group polls from Tuesday to Thursday 1202 eligible voters.

According to the information, the error range is around three percentage points with a share value of 40 percent, and two points with a value of ten percent.

Söder wants to clarify the Union's K question "sooner rather than earlier"

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Söder assumes that the decision on the Union's candidate for chancellor for the federal election will not be made until May.

"We have agreed that we may not decide until Pentecost and not at Easter," he told the newspapers of the editorial network Germany (RND) on Friday.

The decision will be made “probably later than earlier”.

Armin Laschet said last week that he expected a clarification "between Easter and Pentecost".

This year, Easter Monday is on April 5th, Whitsunday on May 23rd.

Söder said of the planned agreement with Laschet: “The main thing is before the federal election and hopefully unanimously.” As a larger party, the CDU “has a different position than we”, but decisions are made together.

First of all, the outcome of the state elections in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate on March 14 must be awaited, said Söder.

“Then you have to analyze the strategic situation and weigh it up together.

But there is still time. "