Germans see pandemic, pensions as biggest topics for 2022-poll

FILE PHOTO: People receive a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination event in the Cologne Cathedral on Christmas Eve amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Cologne, Germany, December 24, 2021. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germans want their new government to focus on fighting the coronavirus pandemic and safeguarding pensions in 2022, with fewer people wanting them to prioritise the climate crisis, an opinion poll showed on Sunday.

The survey by pollsters Insa for the Bild am Sonntag newspaper showed that 61% of the 2,004 people questioned think combating the pandemic is the most important task of the government, followed by securing pensions.