An INSA (National Institute of Applied Sciences Lyon) poll conducted for the publication and published on December 31 showed that during 2023, support for the Social Democratic Party of Germany fell from 20% to 15%.
A key factor in the SPD fiasco, according to analysts, is that only one in five Germans rate the performance of the party’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz positively.
Who can be the successor?
The Italian newspaper La Repubblica writes that Olaf Scholz may retire early in 2024. However, the publication does not name the sources of information.
According to journalists, Scholz’s successor could be Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, who recently topped the ranking of the most popular German politicians.
What could be the reason for his resignation?
The reason for the Chancellor’s resignation, as La Repubblica reports, citing two sources, may be a scandal that occurred back in 2020 with the Wirecard company and its boss Jan Marsalek (now he is probably hiding in Moscow).
At that time, it was Scholz who headed the Federal Ministry of Economics and was responsible for the financial regulator, which failed to notice the largest fraudulent scheme in German history since the Second World War.
However, Scholz has always denied any personal responsibility for this financial scandal.
What do people in Germany think about this?
Bild writes that in Germany, analysts doubt the reality of the change of chancellor: in particular, members of the SPD supported Scholz at the party conference.
“At the same time, Boris Pistorius recently called on Germany to “prepare for war” – until recently, the left wing of the SPD could probably demand expulsion from the party for these words,” the material says.
Activities of Jan Marsalek
We previously wrote that Marsalek is suspected of spying on Britain. He helped the Russian intelligence services.
We also reported that, according to a German source, Marsalek could collaborate with the ex-leader of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin.
The Wall Street Journal also wrote that the top manager of the payment company Wirecard, Jan Marsalek, turned out to be an agent of Russian intelligence, according to the conclusions of Western intelligence services.
2024-01-02 13:51:31
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