Most Germans believe the EU s political system is broken following the coronavirus vaccine debacle, a new survey has shown.
Fifty-five per cent of Germans, a rise of 11 per cent since November, felt the bureaucracy had failed, the sharpest rise of any major European power.
Forty-nine per cent said they had less or much less confidence in Brussels specifically as a result of its vaccines policy, according to the survey by the European Council for Foreign Relations (ECFR).
Germany, which prides itself on industry, has managed to vaccinate just 46 per cent of its people - this compares to more than 60 per cent in Britain.
Updated: 15 Mar 2021, 14:49
ANGELA Merkel has suffered a heavy defeat in regional elections after voters punished her for Europe s vaccine fiasco.
The German chancellor faces mounting discontent over a slow start to Germany s jab drive, while most restrictions remain in place and infections are rising again.
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The CDU s Christian Baldauf reacts after the results in Rhineland-PalatinateCredit: AP:Associated Press
The EU s shambolic vaccine rollout has been hampered by production delays, political infighting and public scepticism over the Astrazeneca jab.
Just 10.5 per cent of Germans have received their first jab so far, compared to more than 30 per cent of Britons.
In the key prosperous southern state of Baden-Württemberg, where Merkel s conservative CDU party has ruled uninterrupted for 58 years, it crumbled to just 23 per cent of the vote.
Health experts have warned against easing lockdown measures in Germany due to the spread of the more infectious variant of Covid-19 first detected in Britain.