Germany: Far-right AfD rises in the polls

The confidence in Friedrich Merz is falling: CDU members are dissatisfied and lose their faith after the coalition negotiations to date.

Germany: Far-right AfD rises in the polls

A new opinion poll shows the likely future Chancellor Friedrich Merz from the conservative CDU party losing support even before his government is formed. The populist AfD is cashing in on the dissatisfaction.

A majority of Germans expect an alliance between SPD and Union. However, the Union leaves Federn - probably also the consequence of the change of course of CDU head Merz in the debt policy. In the Sunday question it is only close to the AfD. By C. Müller.

In the middle of the coalition negotiations, the Union and CDU chief Friedrich Merz lose their approval. AfD achieves a high survey value.

The Union is also losing more and more advantage over the AfD in the latest survey. Friedrich Merz's popularity figures are also in the basement.

While the Union is tightening up debt packages and negotiating a coalition with the SPD, its lead in the voter's favour melts away: in a recent survey, the AfD is only one percentage point behind CDU/CSU.