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
Guaranteeing Quality Medical care with Federal medical care Benefit Plans. - 2Dave Coulier reveals he has tongue cancer, his 2nd diagnosis in a year, after beating non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- 3The Century Coupe Could Be Toyota’s Most Ambitious Car Since the LFA
- 4Telescope in Chile captures stunning new picture of a cosmic butterfly
- 54 astronauts depart ISS, leaving behind just 3 crewmates to staff the orbiting lab
- Satellite observations offer insight into a tsunami's early stages
- Freed whale gets stranded again off German coast
- This widow influencer is using jokes to cope after her husband's death. It's OK if people don't get it.
- NASA satellite gazes into Medusa Pool | Space photo of the day for Dec. 24, 2025
- Physicists and philosophers have long struggled to understand the nature of time: Here's why
- 5 Family SUVs for 2024: Which One Accommodates Your Family's Needs\uff1f
- 'Always put others first': IDF reservist who died while on leave saves four with organ transplants
- Why are malnutrition deaths soaring in America?
- Which game do you cherish observing live? Vote!
