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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that he intends to once again be the main candidate for the position of Chancellor of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in the Bundestag elections in 2025. The head of this government said in an interview published in -today, September 21, by the newspaper Tagesspiegel.

“I strongly believe that the SPD and I can get such strong support in 2025 that we can lead the next federal government again. My goal in next year’s Bundestag elections is a government led by the SPD.” – said Scholz.

When asked if Scholz is ready to drop his Chancellor ambitions for a more popular defense minister among voters Boris Pistoriusthe head of government replied that “Pistorius, like many other SPD politicians,” also supports his re-election to a second term.

At the same time, Scholz refrained from referring to the historically low level of support for the governing coalition currently under his leadership, as well as its unpopularity among the vote. As the Chancellor emphasized, he decided long ago that he would “never comment on opinion polls. “

“I take them into account, but it is not a good idea to base policy on polling results. During my political career, I have already won several elections, although the polls did not suggest this. I gain confidence from experiences like this.” – he noted.

Meanwhile, the defeat of the governing coalition parties, namely the SPD, the Greens, and the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP), in recent state elections in Saxony and Thuringia has put the three managers at the federal level to further weaken. According to the ARD television channel’s political trends barometer, only 16% of German citizens said they were “satisfied” or “satisfied” with the work of the Scholz government, while around 84% of respondents expressed the opposite opinion. expressed

Scholz’s popularity is also declining, with his approval rating down six percentage points to 18% over the past month. For comparison, the former German Chancellor from the SPD has the lowest rating Gerhard Schroeder in the seven years of his reign it was 24%, and the worst rate Angela Merkel during his 16 years as head of the German government – 40%.

However, according to Scholz, the responsibility for this level of approval is not his, but the entire federal government with its controversial “political style”.

“The government must accept criticism that many decisions were accompanied by bitter disputes in society. Sometimes, because of the smoke of the guns, it was impossible to understand what was being decided. However, many of these solutions were innovative.” – said Scholz.

The German Chancellor also blamed the German media, which, in his opinion, does not cover the work of the government “correctly”. German citizens are rarely told what political discussions really are, he said.

“Too often it is simply reported: Who is doing what? Who is behaving badly? Who looks beautiful or uses the most sensible language? But we’re not filming a new episode of a TV show here. It’s about politics.” – he summarized.