MPs Watch balance sheet: Former Chancellor Olaf Scholz is again not answering citizens’ questions

CDU politician Saskia Ludwig was asked the most frequently. She provided information in five of 47 cases. 28 questions were addressed to Scholz.

As representativeswatch reported, twelve of the 21 representatives from Brandenburg answered every question. They received the “Outstanding” award. Nine MPs remained below the 50 percent mark and received no award. Like Olaf Scholz, four members of the AfD did not answer any of the questions asked of them. The ex-chancellor has already failed to provide answers in past evaluations.

Brandenburg in last place

In the ranking of the federal states, Brandenburg came in 16th and last place, as in the previous year – with a response rate of 56 percent (135 of 243 questions were answered). The national average was 75 percent. Hamburg took first place with a response rate of 98 percent. Thorsten Frei (CDU) came first among MPs nationwide. The head of the Federal Chancellery answered 861 questions he received.

“Whoever is elected owes the citizens answers, not silence,” said Louiza Charalambous, platform manager at parliamentwatch. “We are currently experiencing an enormous onslaught of questions about the federal government’s reform package. This shows that people want to understand why politics decides the way they do. Anyone who ignores these questions because they are work or are inconvenient is carelessly losing trust.”

Since 2004, citizens have been able to question members of parliament via parliament watch. According to the platform, each question is reviewed by a moderation team before being published. For the current ranking, all questions received between the constituent session of the Bundestag on March 25, 2025 and June 29, 2026 were taken into account.