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
The Force of Positive Reasoning: Day to day Attestations - 2UN chief calls on Yemen's Houthi rebels to free all UN detainees
- 3The Secret Destinations Amex Says Will Be More Popular Than Bali by 2026
- 4Banks for High Fixed Store Rates: Amplify Your Reserve funds
- 5January full moon wows skywatchers with a striking 'Wolf Supermoon' (photos)
- Dominating the Mastercard Endorsement Cycle: Six Fundamental Stages
- Germany's Bundestag extends two armed forces missions abroad
- 6 Tire Brands Reasonable for Seniors
- My Enterprising Excursion: Building a Startup
- Cheetah, Hammerhead Shark, and 38 Other Animals in Danger of Extinction Receive New International Protections from U.N.
- Italy fertility rate fell to new low of 1.14 in 2025
- Tablets: Upgrade Your Understanding Experience
- All the ways Marjorie Taylor Greene has shifted her approach lately — and why Trump is 'surprised at her'
- 'We are ready': NASA still on track to launch Artemis 2 astronauts to the moon April 1
