The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Saturday drew ahead of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservatives in a new opinion poll.
Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), dropped by one percentage point to 25% in the INSA poll for the Sunday edition of the Bild newspaper.
The AfD, Germany's largest opposition party, was unchanged from last week's survey on 26%. The anti-immigrant party is under investigation by domestic intelligence services for its extremist views, but surged to second place in the 2025 parliamentary election.
In third place were Merz's centre-left coalition partners in the Social Democratic Party (SPD), down one point to 13%.
The opposition Greens and The Left were also unchanged at 12% and 11% respectively.
The margin of error was 2.9 percentage points, with 1,199 respondents participating in the survey.
LATEST POSTS
- 1
Top 10 Moving Style Architects of the Year - 2Investigating Cooking and Culinary Expressions: An Excursion Through Flavors
- 3Rio Tinto resumes operations at three Pilbara port terminals after cyclone Narelle
- 4Somaliland denies trading recognition with Israel for accepting Gazans
- 5Millions in JDM Exports and Exotic Supercars Are Currently Trapped at Sea
- Rachael Ray is navigating grief this holiday season. She doesn't have time for 'negative energy' on the internet.
- 'Stranger Things' made him a heartthrob. He left Hollywood anyway.
- How AI fixed the James Webb Space Telescope's blurry vision
- Europe must reinvent warfare for ‘era of shocks,’ NATO’s Vandier says
- Scientists reveal earliest evidence for shifting of Earth’s crust
- 6 Popular Men's Aromas On the planet
- Tehran synagogue damaged by missile strike according to Iranian media
- Former ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Pro Survives Plane Crash at LaGuardia That Left 2 Pilots Dead
- Most loved Solace Food: What's Your Definitive Comfortable Dinner?
