MOSCOW, August 7. /TASS/. Russian president’s special envoy for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries and CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev has warned that German Chancellor Friedrich Merz could ne heading the way of former UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

"Only 13% of Germans are satisfied with warmongering Merz - a historic low. As AfD offers solutions on energy and migration and surges to record highs, pressure for change is mounting. Merz may do a ‘Starmer,’" he wrote on X.

According to an opinion poll conducted by the Infratest dimap pollster for the ARD television channel and the Die Welt newspaper, as many as 85% of Germans are "not fully satisfied" or "absolutely dissatisfied" with the government’s activity (minus 1 p.p.), while the number of those "very satisfied" or "satisfied" is still 13%. At the same time, support for AfD grew 1 p.p. on July, reaching 28%, a historic high in ARD polls. The CDU/CSU bloc lost 1 p.p. to drop from 21% to its lowest since November 2021. The Social Democratic Party, The Greens, and the Left Part saw their support stay unchanged from last month at 12%, 15%, and 11%, respectively. The poll was conducted from August 3 through 5 involving 1,297 respondents.