Forsa survey: "AfD is getting closer and closer to Union – the coalition negotiators are also aware of that"

The Democrats in the middle are getting nervous. A new poll sees the AfD only one percentage point behind CDU/CSU. What to do?

The downward spiral of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union (CSU), which are preparing to govern, continues: according to a recent opinion poll, the conservative party alliance's support has fallen from nearly 29 to 25 percent, while the anti-migration Alternative for Germany (AfD) is at a historic high of 24 percent.

It is the next bad news for CDU boss Friedrich Merz (69). The coalition negotiations are stalling, at the CDU base it and from the vers...

In a new Forsa survey, the AfD is on an equal footing with the CDU/CSU and is only one percentage point behind it. Union voters have been promised "CDU-pur", says Philippa Vögeding. "The Union is under great pressure.

At the latest since the election of the Bundestag in February 2025, many people have asked this question. A journalist has travelled through the country and asked questions.

SAARBRÜCKEN. According to a survey in Saarland, the ruling SPD is again ahead of the CDU in the political mood trend. According to the current and representative "Saarland trend" of the opinion research institute Infratest Dimap on behalf of the Saarländische Rundfunk (SR), the social democrats would come to 30 per cent of the votes in a state parliament election. The CDU would reach 27 per cent. [...]