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As Support for the Cabinet Falls, Government Launches Deficit Reduction Effort
June 5713

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Dr. Theodore Engel, leader of the Pirates and Finance Minister

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Dunburg - The Nordenhausen Allgemeine Zeitung has signed its first ever contract with a polling institute, the StatDun of Oberegg, commissioning pre-election surveys that will be published and commented on exclusively in our newspaper. The very first poll was conducted last month and published exclusively on our social media, it shows that the incumbent government is losing support to the DSDP and DRF, currently the main opposition forces in Dundorf. It seems that there will be no recovery for the KBP, which, despite being in opposition for decades, continues to lose support, partly due to its inactive leadership. Overall, a center-left coalition led by DSDP would get 51% of the votes, likely enough to get a majority of the seats in Bundestag.

In the top three, the DSDP has surged to first position at 25% of the voting intentions, and seems poised to reclaim the Chancellorship next year, it is followed by Chancellor Gimbel's NDZP at 21%, and the DRF at a record 16%, which would be the best result ever for the hard-left party. The TLD appears to be the only governing party not to lose any support, while Pirates and Greens fell, a particularly hard fall for Dr. Engel's party.

When asked directly on their opinion towards major political figures, and the Federal Government, the people showed high degrees of approval for President Hans Meyer, who, as a mostly ceremonial figure, doesn't usually spark any political controversy and is reviewed as a symbol of national unity. Chancellor Gimbel's rating are slightly negative and are carried down by the bad ratings of the Federal Government as a whole, which is disliked by 55% of the popolation. Polling expert Paul Lochner said that most people disapprove of the current cabinet because of its perceived inaction and litigiousness.

The Zeitung/StatDun's poll might be the reason why the Greens and Pirates are now the main sponsors of a Government's effort to reduce the fiscal deficit and strengthen the electric car sector, which are both connected with the Chancellery's recent actions on nuclear power. "Higher savings from energy", said Finance Minister Dr. Theodore Engel, "will allow the Federal Government to reorganize its involvement in that sector and reduce by a great deal our deficit, allowing our country to stay under the threshold of 60% of debt/GDP." 

At the same time, the Federal Ministry of Transportation will use a portion of the savings to boost the electric car initiative, an issue particulary dear to the Green Party and the major auto corporations like Maibaum-Bain and Ochel. Transport Minister Alexander Paulsen said: "This Government is acting in the interests of the Dundorfian people to keep cooled down the deficit and expand green policies. We are delivering on our promises and we are certain the Dundorfians will reward us, despite one bad poll."

It seems that last month's spooked some members of the cabinet, while others were very pleased by it. It's the case of DSDP Leader Renate Reinhardt: "The only reason this cabinet stays together is because Chancellor Gimbel is a woman of great experience and is very skilled with keeping coalitions united. We think the Dundorfian people deserve better and we will present an agenda for the next elections that will lift every Dundorfian up".

OOC: poll results available clicking direct links in the article