Partly because of it, Mrs Merkel is going through her "roughest patch so far" in more than five years in office, says Renate Köcher of Allensbach, a pollster.

民意调查机构阿伦斯巴赫（Allensbach）的瑞内特•柯克（Renate Köcher）表示，默克尔夫人正在经历就任五年多以来“从未有过的最艰难的时期”，原因部分归咎于此。

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Germans may say they want the D-mark back, but fewer than a tenth see this as a realistic possibility, says Allensbach.

ECONOMIST: Germany and the euro

Many Germans agree with his sentiments: around three out of four, according to a poll by the Allensbach market-research institute, would like to eat more food that is produced naturally.

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That is important, if the German people are to continue supporting plans to help other eurozone countries because, as the Allensbach Institute warned recently, a large majority of Germans have little or no faith in the euro or the European Union.

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