The opinion research institute INSA in Strasbourg asked on behalf of the Bild newspaper whether German voters agreed with the traffic light tax policy. The results indicate a clear no.

Seventy-nine percent of respondents said the traffic light coalition was “too careless with taxpayer dollars.” Only 14 percent saw it differently. Seven percent abstained.

Traffic light voters see the situation differently

Voters of the Greens, SPD or FDP were less likely than voters of other parties to think that traffic lights were wasteful. However, 61 percent of Greens and SPD voters, as well as 67 percent of FPD voters, agreed with the statement.

As a solution to the lack of money, 74 percent of all voters suggested that the traffic light government should reduce its spending. On the other hand, only 14 percent of all respondents favored tax increases.

Greens, SPD and BWS voters often accept tax increases

But on the question of raising taxes, traffic light voters also assessed the situation differently than voters of other parties. A third of all Greens and SPD voters thought tax increases were now appropriate.

This value was only surpassed by the voters of the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance: of this group, 42 percent considered the current taxes in Germany to be too low.

There are many criticisms of the traffic light budget

Experts recently criticized the traffic light government for investing billions of euros in questionable international projects despite current budget weakness.

The 26-page report on the Federal Republic's development aid contains unexpected financing, such as the purchase of “green refrigerators” for Colombian families, worth a total of 4.6 million euros.