Survey: Majority of Germans have a clear opinion on Christine Lambrecht

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She is probably the minister who is currently being criticized the most: Christine Lambrecht (SPD). Again and again, the defense minister’s actions and statements are out of the ordinary. Lambrecht took office with a faux pas: she did not invite her predecessor Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU) to hand over office – and replaced many of the employees with her own staff.

Things did not calm down during the defense minister’s first year in office. the private flight by government helicopter and his son to the holiday island of Sylt. And on New Year’s Eve, Lambrecht may have put the crown on the criticism.

The Secretary of Defense delivers a New Year’s speech. It cracks and bangs behind her. Rockets and firecrackers explode. The minister is difficult to understand. Despite the bad sound, the following can be heard: Lambrecht speaks of the war in Europe – and in the same breath of great encounters, for which she thanks.

Criticism hails for the recording. From the opposition, from civil society, from the media.

The opinion research institute Civey carried out a survey on behalf of watson and asked: Is Christine Lambrecht still acceptable as Minister of Defense? And is the criticism of her video New Year’s speech justified?

82 percent of Germans consider Lambrecht to be no longer sustainable

The vote of the respondents is devastating: 82 percent of those surveyed stated that they consider the Secretary of Defense to be no longer acceptable. Only 9 percent of those questioned, however, stuck to Lambrecht.

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The group of students appears to be particularly benevolent towards the defense minister. Here, at least 30 percent of those questioned said that Lambrecht is still the right person for the post. Whereas 58 percent of the students consider Lambrecht to be no longer sustainable.

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The evaluation according to age groups is less different: the 18-29 year olds, the 30-39 year olds, the 40-49 year olds, 50-64 year olds and over 65 year olds consider Lambrecht by a large majority no longer wearable. Particularly striking: In the group of 30-39 year olds, none of the respondents stated that they still consider the Minister of Defense to be the right person for the post.

A similar picture emerges when evaluating the different party affiliations: Union voters (91 percent), the FDP (87 percent), the AfD (96 percent) and the left (80 percent) agree that Lambrecht has to go. The voters of the Greens (75 percent) and the SPD (58 percent) are less harsh in comparison with the minister.

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New Year’s speech: Young people are harsh with Lambrecht

The majority of those surveyed consider the criticism of the defense minister because of the New Year’s video to be justified. Overall, 77 percent of the participants answered the question with “Yes, definitely” or “rather yes”. Only 18 percent of those surveyed stated that they did not consider the criticism to be unjustified.

Young people are particularly strict with the video speech. In the group of 18-29 year olds, 83 percent of those questioned stated that they regarded the criticism as justified. Among the 30-39 year olds it was 75 percent. The group of 40-49 year olds voted the least strict. Here, 73 percent stated that the criticism of the video was justified.

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As with the question of whether Lambrecht is still the right person for the post of defense minister, SPD voters are particularly lenient when it comes to criticism. While supporters of the Union (89 percent), Greens (76 percent), FDP (84 percent), Linken (70 percent) and AfD (86 percent) consider the criticism to be absolutely justified, supporters find it more difficult to judge .

Here, 57 percent stated that from their point of view the criticism was justified. However, 37 percent considered the criticism to be unjustified.

Between January 3rd and 5th, a total of 5000 citizens over the age of 18 were surveyed. The results are representative.