Germany, Afd grows in the polls and joins Merz's Union at 24 per cent
At the elections last 23 February, the gap was still 8 points
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In Germany the rise in the polls of the ultra-right continues, which six weeks after the vote caught up with the conservatives of Friedrich Merz for the first time. According to Insa, published by Bild over the weekend, Afd and the Union (Cdu-Csu) are both given 24% of the vote.
On 23 February, the results at the polls were still 8 points behind, with the Christian Democrats at 28.5% and Alternative at 20.8. The data put pressure on Chancellor in pectore Merz, who is engaged in negotiations with Lars Klingbeil's Social Democrats over the coalition programme. In the Sunday trend poll, the Spd is stuck at 16%.
"As soon as the government is in place, we will stabilise economic, migration and defence policy. The new beginning will be felt in every town and city of the Federal Republic,' said Thorsten Frei, secretary general of the parliamentary group of the CDU. In the same poll, the Greens lost a point and slipped to 11 per cent, tied with the Linke which gained one, Bsw and Fdp both at 4 per cent.
