German sovereigntists are already the country’s second-largest political force – poll
The sovereigntist party Alternative for Germany (AfD) is the second political force in voting intentions with 19% support, only behind the Christian Democratic Union (CDU, 27%), the main opposition party, and tied with the ruling Social Democratic Party (SPD).
The survey by the INSA polling institute published by the newspaper Bild am Sonntag thus gives the AfD one point more than in the last survey, and the party thus reaches an all-time high in support.
The SPD loses one point, while the CDU and its partners in the Christian Social Union (CSU) also lose one point.
The Greens and the Liberal Democratic Party (FDP), members of the government coalition and Chancellor Olaf Scholz‘s SPD, remain unchanged from the previous week, with 13% and 9% support, respectively.
The Left party is up one point to 5% of the vote.
The Deutschlandtrend barometer of the first German public television channel, ARD, also placed the AfD equal with the SPD, with 18% support.
With information from LGI
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