| UPDATED: 16:26, Tue, Feb 16, 2021 Link copied Macron is 'untethered' without Angela Merkel says expert Sign up to receive our rundown of the day's top stories direct to your inbox SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Some 80 percent of voters were pleased with German Chancellor Angela Merkel's management of the coronavirus crisis, according to a poll by broadcaster ZDF's Forschungsgruppe Wahlen published in June. However, the sluggish start to the EU’s vaccination campaign and the second wave of infections is now causing havoc in Germany. Chief economist at the Centre for European Reform Christian Odendahl recently wrote on Twitter, attaching a picture of a survey by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: "Approval rating of Merkel‘s government is in free fall, on the back of the vaccine disaster and mishandling of the second wave."