German conservatives drop slightly, AfD rises to 22% - poll
Germany's far-right AfD is closing the gap with the conservative CDU/CSU bloc in voter support, according to a new poll released Saturday ahead of the February 23 election.
- European Union
- DPA
- Published Date: 06:29 | 11 January 2025
- Modified Date: 06:29 | 11 January 2025
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is narrowing the gap with Germany's conservative CDU/CSU bloc in voter support ahead of the February 23 election, according to a new poll released on Saturday.
Early nationwide elections were called following the collapse of centre-left German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-party coalition in November.
The INSA institute survey conducted for the Bild newspaper shows that the AfD has risen by 2 percentage points to 22%.
This is its highest figure for a year, said INSA head Hermann Binkert.
The CDU/CSU with chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz lost 1 point and landed at 30%, its weakest result since the end of October.
The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), an upstart left-wing populist party named after its leader, dropped one point to 6% in the poll.
The other parties remain unchanged at 16% for Scholz's Social Democrats, the Greens at 13%, the pro-business Free Democrats at 4% and the hard-left Die Linke at 3%.
However, the AfD remains without a viable path to government, as mainstream parties have said they are not willing to form a coalition with it.
The INSA survey was conducted from January 6-10 among 1,209 eligible voters. Its findings are in line with other recent surveys.
The maximum margin of error is 2.9 percentage points.
Early nationwide elections were called following the collapse of centre-left German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's three-party coalition in November.
The INSA institute survey conducted for the Bild newspaper shows that the AfD has risen by 2 percentage points to 22%.
This is its highest figure for a year, said INSA head Hermann Binkert.
The CDU/CSU with chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz lost 1 point and landed at 30%, its weakest result since the end of October.
The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), an upstart left-wing populist party named after its leader, dropped one point to 6% in the poll.
The other parties remain unchanged at 16% for Scholz's Social Democrats, the Greens at 13%, the pro-business Free Democrats at 4% and the hard-left Die Linke at 3%.
However, the AfD remains without a viable path to government, as mainstream parties have said they are not willing to form a coalition with it.
The INSA survey was conducted from January 6-10 among 1,209 eligible voters. Its findings are in line with other recent surveys.
The maximum margin of error is 2.9 percentage points.
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