Germany’s leaders are suffering the worst crisis of confidence in decades. The right response is both obvious and daunting to achieve: Give people a future to believe in.

In recent weeks, a wave of farmer protests, nominally over diesel subsidies, has turned into an outlet for widespread frustration with the three-party coalition led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Train-driver strikes snarled transportation nationwide. According to one recent poll, more than four-fifths of Germans are dissatisfied with their government, and Scholz’s approval rating is the lowest for any chancellor since the survey’s inception in 1997. Meanwhile, the far-right Alternative for Germany party is polling at about 20% for next year’s federal election, up from 15% a year ago.

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Germans Need Hope. Their Leaders Had Better Deliver.

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19.02.2024

Germany’s leaders are suffering the worst crisis of confidence in decades. The right response is both obvious and daunting to achieve: Give people a future to believe in.

In recent weeks, a........

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