Germany’s Main Parties Slip in Election Poll, Far-Left Gains
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Germany’s three strongest parties lost ground slightly in a new poll ahead of the nation’s Feb. 23 snap election, while the far-left Linke cracked the 5% threshold which opens the doors to potentially enter the Bundestag.
Friedrich Merz’s center-right CDU/CSU alliance was still in first place with 29% backing in the latest Insa survey for Bild am Sonntag newspaper, down one percentage point from the previous week. The far-right Alternative for Germany as well as Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats also each lost one point, and now stand at 21% and 16%.